Pyruvate Family: Alanine Metabolism
About the Lecture
The lecture Pyruvate Family: Alanine Metabolism by Kevin Ahern, PhD is from the course Amino Acid Metabolism.
Included Quiz Questions
Which of the following is true regarding the amino acids in the pyruvate family?
- They all have non-polar R groups.
- They all have alanine as a precursor.
- They are not important in the glucose-alanine cycle.
- They are all derived from isoleucine.
- They are made from pyruvate by hydroxylation.
Which of the following is true regarding the glucose-alanine cycle?
- Hydroxylation does not occur.
- Transamination does not occur.
- Gluconeogenesis does not occur.
- Glycolysis does not occur
- Alanine transaminase is not involved.
Transamination of glutamate and pyruvate could yield...?
- ...α-ketoglutarate and alanine.
- ...valine and isoleucine.
- ...aspartate and glutamate.
- ...aspartate and alanine.
- ...asparagine and alanine.
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Author of lecture Pyruvate Family: Alanine Metabolism
Kevin Ahern, PhD
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