KROK 1 2007 – Question 94 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A sportsman was recommended to take a medication that contains carnitine in order to improve his results. What process is activated by carnitine the most?
- A. Tissue respiration
- B. Fatty acids transport to mitochondrions
- C. Synthesis of ketone bodies
- D. Synthesis of steroid hormones
- E. Synthesis of lipids
Hint
Think about which energy-yielding substrate cannot enter the mitochondrial matrix without a carrier, and ask whether carnitine acts directly on that step or only on something downstream of it.
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