KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 80 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 25-year-old patient with a hereditary enzymopathy (Gilbert’s disease) has a disorder of bilirubin conjugation in liver. What enzyme is not synthesized in this patient?
- A. UDP-glycogen transferase
- B. UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase
- C. Ornithine carbamoyltransferase
- D. UDP-glucuronyl transferase
- E. Amidophosphoribosyltransferase
Hint
Gilbert's syndrome is a defect of bilirubin conjugation, so think about which conjugating group is added to bilirubin in the hepatocyte and which enzyme family transfers it.
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