KROK 1 2011 – Question 86 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry

Vitamin B1 deficiency causes disturbance of oxidative decarboxylation of α-ketoglutaric acid. This leads to the impaired synthesis of the following coenzyme:

  1. A. Flavine adenine dinucleotide
  2. B. Thiamine pyrophosphate
  3. C. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
  4. D. Coenzyme A
  5. E. Lipoic acid
Hint

Ask which cofactor of the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex is made from vitamin B1 itself, as opposed to the cofactors that are made from other vitamins.

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