KROK 1 2017 – Question 37 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 30-year-old woman first developed pain, swelling, and skin redness in the area of joints about a year ago. Provisional diagnosis is rheumatoid arthritis. One of the likely causes of this disease is change in the structure of the following connective tissue protein:
- A. Ovalbumin
- B. Myosin
- C. Mucin
- D. Collagen
- E. Troponin
Hint
Find the protein among the choices whose main role is structural support of connective tissue and whose alteration could damage the joints.
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