Amino acid metabolism /

• Main Author: Bender, David A.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Subjects: Amino acids > Metabolism.; Amino Acids > metabolism.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Nitrogen metabolism
• Nitrogen balance and protein turnover : protein and amino acids in human nutrition
• The role of vitamin B6 in amino acid metabolism
• Glycine, serine, and the one-carbon pool
• Amino acids synthesised from glutamate : glutamine, proline, ornithine, citrulline, and arginine
• Amino acids synthesised from aspartate : lysine, methionine (and cysteine), threonine and isoleucine
• The branched-chain amino acids, leucine, isoleucine, and valine
• Histidine
• The aromatic amino acids, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan.