Chapter 14, Problem 27RQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The amino acids glutamine and glutamate are central to amino acid metabolism.

Introduction:

The metabolism of an amino acid is the degradation of the amino acid by the removal of the amino group present. This is done through the process of oxidative deamination. This deamination is aided by dehydrogenase and amino transferase. The major site for this degradation is liver.