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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2012

Pharmacological effects of antidepressants are based upon blocking (inhibiting) the enzyme that acts as a catalyst for the breakdown of biogenic amines noradrenalin and serotonin in the mitochondria of cephalic neurons. What enzyme takes part in this process?

Answer options

  1. Monoamine oxidase
  2. Decarboxylase
  3. Peptidase
  4. Transaminase
  5. Lyase
Correct answer

Monoamine oxidase

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