19 june 2008
venue : biochemistry lab (3rd floor),Faculty of Medicine,Cairo University
incident : Oral Biochemistry Final Examination 2008
Time : 8.20am to 8.50am
Me :salam alik,Dr.How are you today?
Dr : wslm.alhmdulillah..i’m fine.how about you?
Me : alhmdulillah too(wlpn nervous actually)
Dr :What do yu think about egypt?
Me : nice.great.i got lots of experience here!(pandai la nak bodek dr)
Dr :what about your arabic?u want me to ask u in arabic or english?
Me :sorry,Dr.My arabic is not quite good(sambil gelak2 ngn Dr)..i think its better for u to ask the question in English.
Dr : hoho..ok2(sambil gelak2)Tell me about gluconeogenesis?
Me : Gluconeogenesis is the synthesis of glucose from non-CHO sources such as glucogenic amino acid,fatty acid
Dr: right.now,what are gluconeogenic enzymes?
Me : Glucose 6-Phosphatase,fructose 6-bisphosphatase,pyruvate carboxylase,PEPCK
Dr:good.now,tell me how glycine is a glucogenic a.a?
Me : hmm..by conversion into serine and by dehydratase,it convert serine into pyruvate
Dr:right.now,tell me about ammonia?
Me : normal level of NH3 not more than 0.1 mg/dl,if exceed,it will lead to toxicity to our brain and lead to brain damage
Dr : what about hyperammonemia?
Me :lead to brain damage by..conversion of a-KG to glutamate(belum smpat nak habiskn ayat,dr dah ckp ya..right..proceed2..this is what i wanna hear) and glutamate to glutamine by glutaminase enzyme.Glutamine is one type of excretion of NH3 in our body besides excreted as urea which occur in liver(cam terbelit2 sket ayat nih..tapi tak pe..go on je la)
Dr : this is what i wanna hear!excellent then!now,tell me about allosteric inhibitor?
Me : allosteric mean other site…so..bla..bla(malas nak taip..pnjg sket)
Dr : fine.now,what are fat soluble vitamins?
Me : vit A,D,E,K
Dr: hmm..choose one and tell me its function and deficiency?
Me : Vitamin A..it function in visual pigment of retina,maintain healthy epithelium,spermatogenesis and maintain fetal position in pregnancy..its deficiency lead to nectalopea(night blindness),xeropthalmia,sterility and fetal resorption..
Dr :hmm..excellent..its enough..thank u
Me : thank you very much.Dr..
alhamdulillah..selesai sudah oral biokem tadi..spnjang oral tadi.saya banyak gelak-gelak je ngan doktor tu..ntahla..ok..oral histology plak akan menyusul on 24/6 ni..nantikan checklist 3!





