KROK 1 2023 – Question 31 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient has been prescribed pyridoxal phosphate. This drug is recommended for correction of the following processes:
- A. Oxidative decarboxylation of keto acids
- B. Deamination of purine nucleotides
- C. Protein synthesis
- D. Transamination and decarboxylation of amino acids
- E. Synthesis of purine and pyrimidine bases
Hint
Recall that this active form of vitamin B6 is the coenzyme for reactions that transfer or remove groups from amino acids.
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