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Nucleotide Met Postgrad Student 2019 Handout
Nucleotide Met Postgrad Student 2019 Handout
Chalermchai Mitrpant
2. ATP is a high energy molecule critical to drive reactions by
means of transfering high energy by ATP hydrolysis and ATP
ADP
9. ADP is required for platelet activation; Once activated, platelet will
release ADP to have a paracrine effect promoting platelet aggregation
ATP
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Purine nucleotide Pyrimidine nucleotide
• De novo • De novo
• Salvage • Salvage IMP Adenylosuccinate
dehydrogenase synthetase
Ribonucleotides!
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P‐Pi
Glutamine
N 2
GMP AMP
IMP
NAD+ Aspartate+GTP
dehydrogenase (AMP)
Adenylosuccinate
NADH+H+ GDP synthetase
(IMP)
Glutamine+ATP
Adenylosuccinate
Glutamate+ADP Fumarate
(GMP)
AMP
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(Uridine)
Uracil
Orotate
dUDP
(IMP)
(GMP)
Management
• Symptomatic treatment; benzodiazepine (reduced anxiety)
• Medication to reduce uric acid; Allopurinol & Probenecid
Symptoms
• Autosomal recessive
• Orotate decarboxylase
or Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase
• Growth Retardation
• Megaloblastic anemia
Uridine
Management
• Uridine supplement
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3. Gout
PNP
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Specific activation
of RNR
dATP
Loss in mitochondrial
membrane potential
Overall Inhibition of RNR
Inhibit DNA synthesis
Apoptosis of thymocyte in Thymus
Effect on number and function of T‐lymphocyte
• Acute/recurrent monoarthritis (commonly found on the 1st
• Defect in both T- and MTP)
B-lymphocyte related
immunological defense • Deposition of urate crystal causes Gout (Gouty arthritis)
• Uric; Final degradative product of purine in human
• Severe combined
immunodeficiency
(SCID)
• Excess deoxyadenosine
and dATP
• Decreased Excretion
Voet Biochemistry 3e
© 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Interfering
pre‐mRNA splicing
1. Antimetabolite
• 5 Fluorouracil (5‐FU)
• Inhibit Thymidylate synthase (dUMPdTMP)
• Interfere on gene splicing
• DNA damage
• 6 Mercaptopurine (6‐MP) and Azathioprine
• Inhibit Amidophosphoribosyl transferase
• Inhibit IMP dehydrogenase Tetrahydrofolate
• Inhibit Adenylosuccinate synthetase
2. Antifolate
• Metrothexate
• Inhibit Thymidylate synthase
(dUMPdTMP)
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Virion entry into the cell
NRTIs (Nucleoside)
viral gene expression Zidovudin: 3’‐azido‐2’,3’‐dideoxythymidine (AZT)
Didanosine: 2’,3’‐dideoxyinosine (ddI)
viral DNA replication Zalcitabine : 2’,3’‐dideoxycytidine (ddC)
Stavudine: 2’3’‐dideoxy‐2’,3’‐didehydrothymidine (d4T)
Lamivudine: (‐‐)‐b‐L‐3’‐thia‐2’,3’‐dideoxycytidine (3TC)
Abacavir: 2‐amino‐6‐cyclopropylaminopurine‐9‐yl‐2‐cyclopentene (ABC)
Emtricitabine: (‐‐)‐b‐L‐3’‐thia‐2’,3’‐dideoxy‐5‐fluorocytidine ((‐‐)‐FTC)
primary envelope formation
Egress
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Anti-HIV medications
NRTI