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what are the stages of the urea cycle and what is the end product |
arginine ornithine citrulline argininosuccinate arginine
end product: urea |
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name the 6 amino acid families |
pyruvate oxaloacetate ribose-5-phosphate 3-phosphoglycerate a-ketoglutarate phosphoenolpyruvate |
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outline transanimation |
amino group removed from skeleton by pyridoxal- phosphate this is accepted by a keto to form intermediate glutamate which then forms glutamine |
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glutamate is... |
an intermediate but can be used as a temporary storage for amino acids |
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outline oxidative deanimation |
the glutmate formed is converted a-ketoglutarate and ammonium ions by glutamate dehydrogenase |
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glucagenic amino acids can .. |
give rise to glucose in starvation yield: pyruvate oxaloacetate a-ketoglutarate |
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ketogenic amino acids .. |
break down acetyl coA doesn't really give rise to ketone bodies does not produce glucose. |
