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Amino Acid Metabolism 1: Nitrogen fixation and assimilation, amino acid degradation, the urea cycle. Bioc 460 Spring 2008 - Lecture 38 (Miesfeld). Glutamine synthetase converts glutamate to glutamine through a nitrogen assimilation reaction.
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Amino Acid Metabolism 1:Nitrogen fixation and assimilation, amino acid degradation, the urea cycle • Bioc 460 Spring 2008 - Lecture 38 (Miesfeld) Glutamine synthetase converts glutamate to glutamine through a nitrogen assimilation reaction Red clover is a leguminous plant that is often used in crop rotation strategies Urea is a nitrogen-containing metabolite that efficiently removes toxic ammonia
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