Glucogenic and ketogenicAmino acids
Glucogenic amino acids
• Whose catabolism can yield pyrovate or intermediate
products of TCA cycle that are used as substrate for
gluconeogenesis.
Ketogenic amino acids
• A.A that produce acetoacetate.
Amino Acids thatform Alpha
ketoglutarate
1) Glutamine
• In the presence of GLUTAMINASE the
Aminoacids is converted into glutamate ,that is
further converted into alpha ketoglutarate by
oxidative deamination in the presence of glutamate
dehydrogenase(GDH).
• AMONIA is liberated from the reaction.
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2) Proline
• A.Ais oxidised to glutamate that further forms Alpha
Ketoglutarate.
3) Arginine
• AA is hydrolyzed by ARGINASE to produce ornithine.
• Ornithine is further converted into alpha Ketoglutarate.
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4) Histidine
• A.Ain the presence of HISTIDASE is converted into
uroconic acid, that subsequently forms N-
Formiminoglutamate(FIGlu).
• In the presence of folic acid (THF) converted into formimino
tetrahydrofolate and glutamate.that ultimately converted to
alpha ketoglutarate.
• Significance
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3) Cysteine
• A.Aundergoes desulfuration to produce pyrovate
• Sulfer released can be used to synthesize PAPS , 3-
phosphoadenosine-5-phosphosulfate, an activated Sulfer
sonar.
• Cysteine can be oxidised to cystine.
4)Threonine
• Can be converted to pyrovate but it is of minor importance
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Amino Acids thatform fumarate
• Phenylalanine and tyrosine
• Significance
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• Valine andisoleucine
• These A.A are Branched chain Aminoacids,that generate
propionyle Co.A
• which is converted to methylemalonyle co.A and then
succinyle co.A by biotin and vit B 12 .
• Threonine
• These are first dehydrated to alpha ketobutyrate, which is
converted to succinyle co.A
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Amino acids thatforms Acetyle
COA
1) Leucine
• Exclusively ketogenic ,it produces acetyle coA and
acetoacetate.
• 2)Lysine
• Exclusively ketogenic
• No transamination
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3)Isoleucine
• Both ketogenicand glucogenic
• Produces acetyle CoA and propionyle CoA.
4)Tryptophan
• Both glucogenic and ketogenic
• Catabolised to produce alanine and acetyle CoA.