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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2011

During hypersensitivity test a patient got subcutaneous injection of an antigen which caused reddening of skin, edema, pain as a result of histamine action. This biogenic amine is generated as a result of transformation of the following histidine amino acid:

Answer options

  1. Isomerization
  2. Phosphorylation
  3. Deaminization
  4. Decarboxylation
  5. Methylation
Correct answer

Decarboxylation

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