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Laboratory examination of a child revealed increased concentration of leucine, valine, isoleucine and their ketoderi-vatives in blood and urine. Urine smelt of maple syrup. This disease is characterized by the deficit of the following enzyme:

Answer options

  1. Phosphofructomutase
  2. Aminotransferase
  3. Dehydrogenase of branched amino acids
  4. Glucose-6-phosphatase
  5. Phosphofructokinase
Correct answer

Dehydrogenase of branched amino acids

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