KROK 1 2016 – Question 12 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 53-year-old man is diagnosed with Paget’s disease. Concentration of oxyproline in daily urine is sharply increased, which primarily means intensified disintegration of:
- A. Albumin
- B. Collagen
- C. Hemoglobin
- D. Keratin
- E. Fibrinogen
Hint
Urinary oxyproline comes from the breakdown of a protein that is rich in this post-translationally modified amino acid; think which protein that is.
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