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Alanine
1. Synthesis of Alanine is a one-step transamination reaction
though it is synthesized by other pathways also.
2. Pyruvate is transaminated by aminotransferase enzyme.
3. Alanine is also formed during Trypotophan degradation.
Arginine
1. Glutamate is phosphorylated and reduced to glutamate-5-semialdehyde.
2. Glutamate-5-semialdehyde is then transaminated to form
Ornithine, an intermediate product of urea cycle.
3. Arginine is synthesized by urea cycle through Citrulline
and L-arginosuccinate along with the liberation of Fumarate.
Asparagine
1. Asparagine is synthesized directly from Aspartic acid by
ATP-dependent amidation.
2. Aspartic acid is, in turn, synthesized by transamination
of oxaloacetate.
Aspartic acid
1. Aspartic acid is also synthesized by a one-step transamination
reaction.
2. The precursor molecule is oxaloacetate.
Cysteine
1. Homocysteine and Serine combine to form Cystathione with
the help of Cystathionine b-synthetase.
2. Cystathionine is cleaved to Cysteine and a-ketobutyrate
by Cystathionine
g-lyase.
3. Also synthesized by the combination of serine and hydrogen
sulphide.
Glutamic acid
1. Synthesized by transfer of amino group to a-ketoglutarate.
Glutamine
1. Glutamate is activated by reaction with ATP.
2. Ammonia then displaces the phosphate group to produce Glutamine.
Glycine
1. Glycine is synthesized from serine by direct conversion.
2. Serine hydroxymethyl transferase and tetrahydrofolate is
involved.
3 Glycine can also be synthesized by condensation of
N5, N10 -methylene THF with
CO2 and
NH4+ by glycine synthase.
Histidine
1. Histidine synthesis begins with 5-Phosphoribosyl- a-pyrophosphate
(PRPP).
2. Five of histidine's six C atoms are derived from(PRPP).Sixth
C atom originates from ATP.
3. PRPP is also involved in the biosynthesis of purine and
pyrimidine nucleotides.
Isoleucine
1. a-ketobutyrate
combines with hydroxylethyl-TPP to form
a-aceto-a-hydroxybutyrate.
2. a-aceto-a-hydroxybutyrate
is converted to a-keto-b-methylvalerate.
3. a-keto-b-methylvalerate
this is transaminated by aminotransferase to form isoleucine.
Leucine
1.a-acetoactate
is form by combining pyruvate and hydroxylethyl-TPP.
2. a-acetoactate
is converted to a-ketoisovalerate
which is converted to a-
ketoisocaproate by a series of reaction.
3.a-ketoisocaproate
is transaminated by aminotransferase to form leucine.
Lysine
1. Synthesis of lysine starts with aspartate.
2. Aspartate is phosphorylated by aspartokinase to yield aspartyl-b-phosphate.
3. Aspartyl-b-phosphate
is reduced to b-aspartate-semialdehyde
which forms lysine by a series of reactions.
Methionine
1. Synthesis of lysine start with aspartate.
2. Aspartate is phosphorylated by aspartokinase to yield aspartyl-b-phosphate
.
3. Aspartyl-b-phosphate
is reduced to b-aspartate-semialdehyde
which is again reduced to homoserine.
4. Homoserine is converted to homocysteine by a series of
3 reaction.
5. Homocysteine finally converts to methionine with the help
of
N5-Methyl-THF.
Phenylalanine
1. Synthesis of Phenylalanine begins with Chorismate.
2. Chorismate converts to prephenate which forms Phenylalanine
by 2 reactions.
Proline
1. Glutamate is phosphorylated and reduced to glutamate-5-semialdehyde.
2. Glutamate-5-semialdehyde is spontaneously to pyrroline-5-carboxylate.
3. Pyrroline-5-carboxylate is reduced to form Proline.
Serine
1. 3-Phosphoglyceraldehyde is converted to 3-Phosphohydroxypyruvate
by Phosphoglyceraldehyde dehydrogenase.
2. Amino transferase adds an amino group to 3-Phosphohydroxypyruvate
thus forming 3- Phosphoserine.
3. 3-Phosphoserine is then finally converted to serine by
Phosphoserine phosphatase.
Threonine
1. Synthesis of lysine start with aspartate.
2. Aspartate is phosphorylated by aspartokinase to yield aspartyl-b-phosphate.
3. Aspartyl-b-phosphate
is reduced to b-aspartate-semialdehyde
which is again reduced to homoserine.
4. Homoserine is then converted to threonine by 2 reactions.
Tryptophan
1. Synthesis of Tryptophan begins with Chorismate.
2. Chorismate converts to anthranilate which forms Indole-3-glycerol
phosphate by 3 reactions.
3. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate is removed from Indole-3-glycerol
phosphate to form Indole which is converted to tryptophan
by combining with serine.
Tyrosine
1. The aromatic amino acids are synthesized from chorismate.
2. Phosphoenol pyruvate and erythrose-4-phosphate combines
to form a compound which gives chorismate after a series of
6 reactions.
3. Chorismate converts to prephenate which forms Tyrosine
by 2 reactions.
Valine
1.a-acetoactate
is form by combining pyruvate and hydroxylethyl-TPP
2. a-acetoactate
is converted to a-ketoisovalerate.
3. a-ketoisovalerate
is transaminated to valine by valine aminotransferase
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