KROK 1 2010 – Question 2 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Characteristic sign of glycogenosis is muscle pain during physical work. Blood examination reveals usually hypoglycemia. This pathology is caused by congenital deficiency of the following enzyme:
- A. Lysosomal glycosidase
- B. Glycogen phosphorylase
- C. Alpha amylase
- D. Gamma amylase
- E. Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Hint
Think about which enzymatic step of glycogen mobilisation, needed both by working muscle and for maintaining blood glucose, is defective.
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