Biochem of Albino Defects

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Originally Posted by ddbjdealer

But since Brad and Adam dumbed it up.... lol :)

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That's how I roll. :cool:

-adam

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I'd say what about organic chemistry?

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My girlfriend took that last semester...she asked me to help her study...I've never felt more dumbfounded in my whole life.

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

My girlfriend took that last semester...she asked me to help her study...I've never felt more dumbfounded in my whole life.

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When my wife was in college, I used to help her study all of her medical stuff......I was more than dumbfounded.....I could not even say the majority of the terms......BUT my wife got great grades ;)

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Sounds like a typical conversation you over hear between breeders in Daytona at the bar in the Mark on Saturday night. ;)

-adam

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I am going to say that said breeders might not have had enough alcohol at that point. :D

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

My girlfriend took that last semester...she asked me to help her study...I've never felt more dumbfounded in my whole life.

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Its really not that complicated...Actually you really dont even need to know any organic chem.....sorry if I confused you. You really dont need to know anything about organic chem rings

Metabolic Pathways are in many way like factory assembly lines......each one of those arrows need a worker (an enzyme) to aid in putting the final product (functional melanin) together.

if anyone of those steps has a problem then functional melanin may not result or not enough melanin may be produced.

That's what T- albino are.....they have a problem somewhere downstream the factory assembly line. Tyrosinase is doing its job but someone else isnt!

However, I believe we have no idea if carmel albinos are actually T - its just a hypothesis....that's why I think the name carmel albino could be a complete misnomer. But hey that's how names in science often get confusing!

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

However, I believe we have no idea if carmel albinos are actually T - its just a hypothesis....that's why I think the name carmel albino could be a complete misnomer. But hey that's how names in science often get confusing!

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Did you mean T Positive? Also, is there a test that can prove one way or another if the melanin is being synthesized. I'm not sure if it would matter much, but it would eliminate the conjecture.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Did you mean T Positive? Also, is there a test that can prove one way or another if the melanin is being synthesized. I'm not sure if it would matter much, but it would eliminate the conjecture.

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Yes darn it...I need to proofread myself better...thanks for pointing out my mistake.

To clarify we have no idea on the tryosinase activity of carmel albinos.....they could be + or -...people speculate they are +

As far as a test for melanin there is probably one based on absorbance spectrometry or immunology......could make a good science project for someone.....

Mike

ACK!! Carbon chains!! Now I will have nightmares for days!! :O