AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1999

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    Which of the following vitamins serves as a coenzyme in transamination and decarboxylation of amino acid?

    A)  pantothenic acid  

    B)  folic acid

    C)  pyridoxine        

    D)  niacin.

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    : Pyridoxine\[({{B}_{6}})\]act as active coenzyme of several enzymes of amino acid metabolism. By entering into a Schiffbase combination, between its aldehyde group and the amino group of an\[\alpha -\]amino acids, pyridoxal phosphate can facilitate changes in the three remaining bonds of the a-amino carbon to allow either transamination, decarboxylation or threonine aldolase activity, respectively.


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