KROK 1 2017 – Question 133 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Inherited diseases, such as mucopolysaccharidoses, manifest in metabolic disorders of connective tissue, bone and joint pathologies. The sign of this disease is the excessive urinary excretion of the following substance:
- A. Amino acids
- B. Lipids
- C. Glucose
- D. Urea
- E. Glycosaminoglycans
Hint
Break down the disease name to see which class of connective-tissue macromolecule is involved, and ask what blocked degradation would put in the urine.
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