HY USMLE Q #1544 – Biochemistry

A 27-year-old man is brought to hospital following having been found lost in a national park for the past two weeks. He is given 0.9% NaCl. He has not yet received any caloric nutritional therapy. Which of the following combinations of molecular activities is most likely to be seen in this patient?

A) ↑ Polyubiquitination; ↑ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↑ Pyruvate carboxylase
B) ↑ Polyubiquitination; ↑ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↓ Pyruvate carboxylase
C) ↑ Polyubiquitination; ↓ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↑ Pyruvate carboxylase
D) ↑ Polyubiquitination; ↓ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↓ Pyruvate carboxylase
E) ↓ Polyubiquitination; ↑ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↑ Pyruvate carboxylase
F) ↓ Polyubiquitination; ↑ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↓ Pyruvate carboxylase
G) ↓ Polyubiquitination; ↓ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↑ Pyruvate carboxylase
H) ↓ Polyubiquitination; ↓ Glycogen phosphorylase; ↓ Pyruvate carboxylase