Vitamin Things

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  1. 10. In adults, a severe Vitamin D deficiency results in this
  2. 11. Vitamin C is responsible for the _______ of Pro and Lys residues, which are essential for collagen stability
  3. 12. A 1 year old girl is brought to your clinic. She was exclusively breastfed for her first year of life and presents with widened wrists, a prominent forehead, and bowed legs. A likely diagnosis would be ____
  4. 15. _____ acid is the transcriptionally active form of Vitamin A
  5. 16. Beta-______ aka provitamin A is the form of Vitamin A found in plant sources
  6. 17. The ____-soluble vitamins are K, A, D and E
  7. 18. When serum calcidiol (25-OH) levels are low, this hormone is expected to be high
  8. 19. _____ is a competitive inhibitor of Vitamin K, and has an anticoagulation effect
  9. 21. Vitamins C and E act as ______ and take care of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
  10. 23. Severe complications of _____ acid deficiency are spina bifida and anencephaly in newborns
  11. 24. aka pre-formed Vitamin A, is the form of Vitamin A found in animal sources
  12. 25. The enzyme dihydrofolate reductase is inhibited by this drug
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  1. 1. This type of anemia can be caused by deficiencies in folic acid or Vitamin B12
  2. 2. This Vitamin is a precursor of AcetylcoA
  3. 3. Pantothenic acid is important for the _____ acid synthesis pathway
  4. 4. A complication of Vitamin C deficiency is this condition
  5. 5. The most common cause of Vitamin B12 deficiency is this
  6. 6. Vitamins B9 and B12 work together in synthesis of _____
  7. 7. Folic acid is incredibly important since it helps synthesize ____
  8. 8. The transcriptionally active form of Vitamin D is called _____, also written as (1,25-diOH-D3)
  9. 9. _____ pyrophosphate (TPP) is a coenzyme involved in oxidative decarboxylation of α-keto acids (branched ones too)
  10. 13. Unlike other water-soluble vitamins, B12 (also known as this) can be stored in the body; pernicious anemia can take years to develop
  11. 14. In the clotting cascade, Vitamin K acts as an essential cofactor for post-translational carboxylation of ______ residues
  12. 20. Elevated serum _____ (amino acid) and formiminoglutamate indicate folate deficiency
  13. 22. Rickets only occurs in _____, since their growth plates are still open