KROK 1 2010 – Question 13 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A full-term newborn child has yellowish skin and mucous membranes. This might be probably caused by temporary deficiency of the following enzyme:
- A. Heme oxygenase
- B. Biliverdin reductase
- C. UDP-glucuronyltransferase
- D. Heme synthetase
- E. Uridine transferase
Hint
Think about the step of bilirubin handling inside the hepatocyte that is still immature in the first days of life, and which form of the pigment would accumulate if it lags.
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