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What are the ketogenic AAs? Are they essential or non-essential.
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"Ls" -- Lysine, Leucine. Essential! (KuhL is essential gear)
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Which amino acids are ketogenic and glucogenic? Are they essential or non?
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The "TIPs" -- Threonine, Tryptophan, Isoleucine Phenylalanine (essentials). The lonely T- Tyrosine (non-essential).
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Which essential AAs are glucogenic?
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"HuMVs" ("essential gas guzzlers"). Histidine, Methionine and Valine.
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What AAs are conditionally essential?
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Cysteine (sulfur comes from methionine). Tyrosine (produced from phenylalanine). Arginine (in children).
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What AA are synthesized from OAA?
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Aspartate and asparagine. (Outdoor ASPines)
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What AAs are synthesized from glycolysis intermediates?
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Glycine, serine, alanine and cysteine. (glycolysis - GlySAC)
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What AAs are synthesized from alpha ketoglutarate?
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Glutamine, glutamate, proline and arginine.
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What is FIGLu used to monitor?
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Levels of folate. Coenzyme tetrahydrofolate is necesary for the conversion of FIGLu to glutamate.
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