Mental retardation, self-mutilation, and hyperuricemia

Friday, 16 March 2012

Question NO. 2


A 4-year-old male with mental retardation, self-mutilation, and hyperuricemia
is likely to have a deficiency of an enzyme involved in the


a. Conversion of homogentisic acid to methylacetoacetate
b. Degradation of galactocerebroside
c. Breakdown of branched-chain amino acids
d. Recycling of guanine and hypoxanthine
e. Synthesis of UMP and CTP

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