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A 60-year-old patient with diabetes mellitus was found to have ketoacidosis. Biochemically ketoacidosis in diabetes mellitus leads to decreased acetyl-CoA utilization due to deficiency of:

Answer options

  1. Acetate
  2. Oxaloacetate
  3. Alanine
  4. Succinate
  5. Aspartate
Correct answer

Oxaloacetate

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