Hormones
What is the name of the hormone class that is made of modified animo acids?
Amine Hormones
Amino acids are the building blocks of what macromolecule?
Proteins
What is cystinuria?
A genetic disorder that causes impaired reabsorption of cystine
How many distinct components of an amino acid are there?
Three (R chain, Nitrogen, Carboxyl group)
What are the 4 organs where amino acid metabolism occurs?
What is the Small intestine, kidney, liver, and skeletal muscle
Which hormone is involved in fight or flight?
Epinephrine (aka Adrenaline)
What is a protein that catalyzes cellular reactions?
Enzyme
What are the clinical signs associated with cystinuria?
Urinary tract obstructions, urinary tract infections, kidney damage
What type of bonds link amino acids
Peptide bonds
How many essential vs non essential amino acids does your body not conditionally already have?
What are 4 non essential and 9 essential.
Which hormone produces melatonin and serotonin?
Tryptophan
What is the name for the variant part of amino acid that allows for the complex shape of polypeptides?
R group
Besides cystinuria, amino acids can play a role in what other diseases?
Alzheimer's, Sickle Cell Anemia, and Prion Diseases
What part of the amino acid changes and causes different functions?
The R Chain
What metabolic processes occur in the liver?
What is amide group gets separated and incorporated into urea where as the carbon skeleton becomes oxidizes to CO2 and H2O or used in ketogenesis and gluconeogenesis.