KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 194 · KROK (Dentistry)
Significant amount of biogenic amines in body tissues can be subject to oxidative deaminization due to the action of the following enzyme:
- A. Transaminase
- B. Monoamine oxidase
- C. L-amino acid dehydrogenase
- D. Isomerase
- E. D-amino acid oxidase
Hint
Ask which FAD-dependent mitochondrial enzyme inactivates catecholamines, serotonin and histamine-derived amines by removing their amino group.
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