KROK 1 2016 – Question 186 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Coenzyme A participates in numerous important metabolic reactions. It is a derivative of the following vitamin:
- A. Pantothenic acid
- B. Calciferol
- C. Thiamine
- D. Niacin
- E. Ubiquinone
Hint
Match the thiol-containing acyl carrier named in the stem to the B-group vitamin that forms part of its structure, and recall which vitamins give the redox and decarboxylation coenzymes.
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