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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2004

Patients with diabetes mellitus and people during starvation have the increased contents of acetone bodies in their blood, which are used as energy material. What substance are they synthesized from?

Answer options

  1. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
  2. Malate
  3. Succinyl-CoA carboxylase
  4. Citrate
  5. Ketoglutarate
Correct answer

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase

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