KROK 1 2010 – Question 115 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A patient complained about dizziness, memory impairment, periodical convulsions. It was revealed that these changes were caused by a product of decarboxylation of glutamic acid. Name this product:
- A. THFA
- B. Pyridoxal phosphate
- C. TDP
- D. GABA
- E. ATP
Hint
Decarboxylation of this amino acid gives a neuroactive amine; ask what that product does in the CNS and what its deficiency would cause.
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