KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 96 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 1-year-old child with the symptoms of affection of limb and trunk muscles had been admitted to a hospital. Examination revealed muscle carnitine deficiency. The biochemical basis of this pathology is a disruption of the following process:
- A. Substrate phosphorylation
- B. Oxidative phosphorylation
- C. Transport of fatty acids to mitochondria
- D. Utilization of lactic acid
- E. Regulation of Ca²⁺ level in mitochondria
Hint
Think about the shuttle that carries long-chain acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane before β-oxidation.
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