KROK 1 2012 – Question 2 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Characteristic sign of glycogenosis is muscle pain during physical work. Blood examination reveals usually hypoglycemia. This pathology is caused by congenital deficiency of the following enzyme:
- A. Alpha amylase
- B. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- C. Lysosomal glycosidase
- D. Glycogen phosphorylase
- E. Gamma amylase
Hint
Think about the enzymatic step that mobilises stored polysaccharide for energy, and why both working muscle and blood glucose would suffer if that step were missing.
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