KROK 1 2019 – Question 101 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 7-year-old boy is diagnosed with anemia. Laboratory analysis detects pyruvate kinase deficiency in his erythrocytes. What process is disturbed in this boy, playing the main role in anemia development in this case?
- A. Deaminization of amino acids
- B. Anaerobic glycolysis
- C. Anaerobic glycogenolysis
- D. Decarboxylation of amino acids
- E. Gluconeogenesis
Hint
Think about how red blood cells, which lack mitochondria, obtain their energy, and where pyruvate kinase fits into that process.
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