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Biosynthesis of Amino Acids M.Prasad Naidu MSc Medical Biochemistry, Ph.D,.
Biosynthetic Families Metabolic Precursors Amino Acids a-ketoglutarate Glutamate Glutamine Proline Arginine 3-Phophoglycerate Serine Glycine Cysteine
Biosynthetic Families (cont) Metabolic Precursors Amino Acids Oxaloacetate Aspartate, Asparagine Methionine, Threonine, Lysine Pyruvate Alanine, Valine, Leucine Isoleucine
Biosynthetic Families (cont) Metabolic Precursors Amino Acids Phosphoenolpyruvate Tryptophan and erythrose 4-phosphate Phenlyalanine Tyrosine Ribose 5-phophate Histidine
a-Ketoglutamate to glutamate/glutamine Glutamate + NH4+ + ATP Glutamine synthetase Glutamine + ADP + Pi + H+ a-Ketoglutamate + glutamine + NADPH + H+ 2 glutamate + NADP+ Glutamate synthase
a-Ketoglutamate to glutamate/glutamine Net Reaction: a-Ketoglutarate + NH4+ + NADPH + ATP L-glutamate + NADP+ + ADP + Pi
Synthesis of Aspartate and Asparagine Aspartate Oxaloacetate Transamination from glutamate Amidation with Glutamine donating NH4+ Asparagine
Synthesis of Lysine, Methionine, and Threonine • See handout
Synthesis of Alanine Alanine Pyruvate Transamination from glutamate
Synthesis of Isoleucine, Valine,and Leucine • See handout
Biosynthesis of Histidine • See handout
Possible Test Questions • Provide the 6 metabolic precursors and the amino acids which they lead to. • Duplicate the Amino Acid Synthesis Overview Flow Chart. Expand the sections need to show the synthesis of Glutamate, Glutamine, Proline, Arginine, Serine, Cysteine, Glycine, and starting from Chorismate Tryptophan, Tyrosine and Phenylalanine. (40 points!!)