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What is the end product of purine catabolism in humans?
What is the end product of purine catabolism in humans?
- Allantoin
- Guanosine
- Adenosine
- Uric acid (correct)
What is the primary cause of gouty arthritis?
What is the primary cause of gouty arthritis?
- Inherited disorders of purine catabolism
- Underexcretion of uric acid
- Overproduction of uric acid
- Abnormalities in renal excretion of uric acid (correct)
What is the name of the enzyme defective in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome?
What is the name of the enzyme defective in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome?
- Uricase
- Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase
- Xanthine oxidase
- Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (correct)
What is the primary function of DNA?
What is the primary function of DNA?
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What is a possible long-term result of DNA errors?
What is a possible long-term result of DNA errors?
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What is the term for the process by which cells undergo programmed cell death?
What is the term for the process by which cells undergo programmed cell death?
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Which of the following is NOT a cause of DNA damage?
Which of the following is NOT a cause of DNA damage?
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What is the term for the process by which cells repair DNA damage?
What is the term for the process by which cells repair DNA damage?
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What is the term for the disorder caused by a defect in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase?
What is the term for the disorder caused by a defect in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase?
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What is the term for the disorder caused by a defect in phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase?
What is the term for the disorder caused by a defect in phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase?
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