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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2012

Osteolaterism is charcterized by a decrease in collagen strength caused by much less intensive formation of crosslinks in collagen fibrils. This phenomenon is caused by the low activity of the following enzyme:

Answer options

  1. Lysyl hydroxylase
  2. Collagenase
  3. Lysyl oxidase
  4. Monoamino-oxidase
  5. Prolyl hydroxylase
Correct answer

Lysyl oxidase

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