KROK 1 2021 – Question 103 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A newborn had seizures that stopped after vitamin B₆ was prescribed. This effect was most likely observed, because vitamin B₆ takes part in formation of:
- A. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
- B. Heme
- C. Histamine
- D. Non-essential amino acids
- E. Nicotinamide
Hint
Pyridoxal phosphate is the coenzyme of amino acid decarboxylases; consider which of the listed products would calm, rather than excite, neurons in a newborn with seizures.
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