how are the biochem q's like?

[mountaindew2006]

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On the real deal, if I were to solely memorize the Rate Determining Steps and only that, would I be ok for the biochem part?

I know mol bio is a totally different thing. But what do you all think?

gratzi

 

[usagigalo]

you could receive a whole host of answers to your question. One statement which should hold true for most exams is that only "critical" steps (rate limiting, deficiency leads to X disease) are tested. I did not spend any time memorizing steps which did not fall in such a category. Good luck.

 

[Idiopathic]

I had so little straight biochem on my test...I had several questions that could have been considered biochem, but also could have been incorporated into other areas (what goes up when insulin is down, nutritional deficiency = problem with what reaction).

I did have a receptor questions about thyroid hormone (most people forget it is steroid-like) and the classic one about zinc and what intracellular protein uses it (transcription factors/DNA binders).

But, for the most part, biochem was relatively low-yield for me. No urea cycle, maybe one question about glycolysis, nothing about the HMP shunt. Obviously these could be tested, but they arent likely to make up a large portion of anyone's test.

 

[mountaindew2006]

yah with that said...i am really in gaga land as to what to do. i did the qbank q's for biochem and ran out of them (i did these a while back). but everyone on here seems to say that qbank biochem isnt as reflective. Thus, i guess i'll make my rounds in doing bss biochem and genetics...... 🙁

 

[Resident Alien]

Wasnt straightforward at all for me either. It would be useful to know how vitamin/cofactor deficiencies manifest in lab values (what do you see higher or lower in urine/serum etc). Also, know regulation steps in metabolism.

Hope that helps.

 

[Idiopathic]

Wasnt straightforward at all for me either. It would be useful to know how vitamin/cofactor deficiencies manifest in lab values (what do you see higher or lower in urine/serum etc). Also, know regulation steps in metabolism.

Hope that helps.

This stuff was taught to us in Pathology, although you are right that it is more biochemistry-oriented.

 

[Resident Alien]

I meant things like

-You see high methymalonylcoA in B 12 deficiency, keto acids of branched chain aa's in maple syrup urine dis. etc.

🙂