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meg
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01/28/04 - 02:07 PM

A 52-year-old African American man with newly diagnosed diabetes presents to the outpatient clinic in a tachycardic and diaphoretic state. The patient admits that he skipped lunch. His blood sugar is 42 mg/dL. Which co-enzyme is required in the final synthetic step for the effector hormone causing these symptoms?

A. S-Adenosyl-methionine

B. Tetrahydrobiopterin

C. Vitamin B12

D. Vitamin C

E. None

asmi
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01/28/04 - 04:47 PM

:?: E

meg
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01/29/04 - 11:58 AM

think :icon_scratch: a little more. Ok, a hint ....what hormone can lead to a tachycardic, diaphoretic condition?

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01/29/04 - 12:27 PM

SAM

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12/02/05 - 01:25 PM

A.

ATP+ metionine--> SAM

regeneration of methinonine depends on B12

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12/18/05 - 10:38 PM

don't get it sad

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01/10/06 - 03:28 PM

epineprine req methy group from SAM for its formation from NE -enz PNMT

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01/10/06 - 03:41 PM

good point anju. point noted.

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