In people who do not have Tay-Sachs disease, the hexA gene encodes an enzyme that
A) removes a sugar group from phenylalanine.
B) cleaves acetylgalactosamine from gangliosides.
C) synthesizes glycogen from glucose monomers.
D) converts tyrosine into melanin in skin.
E) converts purines to uric acid in the kidneys.
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