BIOCHEMISTRY QUESTION A patient with a hereditary disease gets sick when he eats
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BIOCHEMISTRY QUESTION
A patient with a hereditary disease gets sick when he eats foods containing sucrose, but not when he eats foods containing lactose. You suspect he is unable to metabolize a specific monosaccharide.
A. Which monosaccharide do you think he is unable to metabolize? (1 point)
B. Name 3 specific enzymes you think could be responsible. (1 point)
C. Blood tests show the patient has high levels of glyceraldehyde: which enzyme is most likely to be responsible for this disease? (1 point)
Explanation / Answer
A.
list of monosaccharides.
B.
C. glycolytic enzyme
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