<prompt> A 4-year-old male with mental retardation, self-mutilation, and hyperuricemia is likely to have a deficiency of an enzyme involved in the:Conversion of homogentisic acid to methylacetoacetateDegradation of galactocerebrosideBreakdown of branched-chain amino acidsRecycling of guanine and hypoxanthine  <response>: Adenosine deaminase is an enzyme that is deficient in individuals with the autosomal recessive form of SCID, and hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase HGPRT, an enzyme of the purine salvage pathway for recycling guanine and hypoxanthine that is deficient in individuals with the X-linked recessive disorder Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. 