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#Question id: 30102
#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules
Which of the following would NOT be expected to contribute to hyperuricemia (gout)?
TLS Online TPP Program
#Question id: 30103
#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules
Direct sources of purine ring atoms in the de novo synthesis of IMP include:
1. glutamine.
2. a component of the tetrahydrofolate one-carbon pool.
3. aspartate.
4. glycine.
TLS Online TPP Program
#Question id: 30104
#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules
A nucleoside phosphorylase:
1. cleaves a nucleoside with the production of ribose 1-phosphate.
2. is necessary for the major salvage pathway for pyrimidines.
3. is used in the degradation of purine nucleotides.
4. is responsible for the equilibration of nucleoside monophosphates and nucleoside diphosphate.
TLS Online TPP Program
#Question id: 30105
#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules
Methotrexate is an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase. Administration of methotrexate would inhibit:
1. de novo synthesis of UMP.
2. conversion of dUMP to dTMP.
3. conversion of IMP to GMP.
4. de novo synthesis of IMP
TLS Online TPP Program
#Question id: 30106
#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules
If a cell has an adequate supply of adenine nucleotides but requires more guanine nucleotides for protein synthesis:
1. Glutamine-PRPP amidotransferase will not be fully inhibited.
2. AMP will be a feedback inhibitor of the condensation of IMP with aspartate.
3. ATP will stimulate the production of GMP from IMP.
4. ATP will inhibit nucleoside diphosphate reductase.
TLS Online TPP Program
#Question id: 30107
#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules
Major controls of de novo AMP synthesis include:
1. allosteric inhibition by GMP.
2. allosteric inhibition by AMP.
3. availability of PRPP.
4. stimulation by GTP.