<prompt> Increased uric acid level in plasma is due toIncreased purine utilizationDecreased purine synthesisDecreased degradation purineDecreased reutilization purine  <response>: Salvage pathway ensures the recycling of purines formed by the degradation of nucleotides.Some reactions will consume PRPP and produce more nucleotides will inhibit the enzymes thus salvage pathway is blocked.Ref: DM Vasudevan - Textbook of Biochemistry, 7th edition, page no: 567 