KROK 1 2018 – Question 164 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 3-year-old girl with mental retardation has been diagnosed with sphingomyelin lipidosis (Niemann-Pick disease). In this condition the synthesis of the following substance is disturbed:
- A. Sphingosine
- B. Gangliosides
- C. Ceramides
- D. Sphingomyelinase
- E. Glycosyltransferase
Hint
In a storage disorder the stored lipid accumulates because something that should degrade it is missing; decide which listed item plays that role.
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