A patient is brought to the hospital after experiencing acute fatigue. The patient’s condition deteriorates rapidly during testing, despite alarmingly high blood glucose levels, and he has no history of diabetes. Initial tests also show low levels of glucose-6-phosphate. The results of further diagnostic testing are not available yet, but based on what you know, which hypothesis could explain the patient’s condition?
a. The patient has a severe phosphate deficiency, preventing phosphorylation of ADP molecules.
b. The patient has inherited a mutated form of gene that regulates phosphofructokinase production.
c. The patient has been exposed to a substance that binds to hexokinase and inhibits its function.
d. The patient has depleted acetyl CoA, which has caused his citric acid cycle to come to a complete stop.
c. The patient has been exposed to a substance that binds to hexokinase and inhibits its function.
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