A newborn baby has numerous hemorrhages. Blood coagulation tests reveal increased prothrombin time. The child is most likely to have a disorder of the following biochemical process:

Answer options

1. Degradation of glutathione
2. Conversion of methylmalonyl CoA to succinyl CoA
3. Production of gamma-carboxyglutamate
4. Hydroxylation of proline
5. Conversion of homocysteine to methionine

Explanation

Gammacarboxyglutamate is an essential substrate in several proteins, including coagulation factors X, VII, IX, and XIV, vitamin K-dependent protein S and Z, prothrombin, transthyretin.