KROK 1 2011 – Question 144 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
During starvation muscle proteins break up into free amino acids. These compounds will be the most probably involved into the following process:
- A. Gluconeogenesis in muscles
- B. Glycogenolysis
- C. Gluconeogenesis in liver
- D. Decarboxylation
- E. Synthesis of higher fatty acids
Hint
Consider which organ has the complete enzyme set to turn amino-acid carbon skeletons into glucose and release it into the circulation during fasting.
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