Glucogenic amino acid
Talk0this wiki
Assessment |
Biopsychology |
Comparative |
Cognitive |
Developmental |
Language |
Individual differences |
Personality |
Philosophy |
Social |
Methods |
Statistics |
Clinical |
Educational |
Industrial |
Professional items |
World psychology |
Biological: Behavioural genetics · Evolutionary psychology · Neuroanatomy · Neurochemistry · Neuroendocrinology · Psychoneuroimmunology · Physiological Psychology · Psychopharmacology
A glucogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be converted into glucose through gluconeogenesis.[1][2] This is in contrast to the ketogenic amino acids that are converted into ketone bodies.
In humans, the glucogenic amino acids are - glycine, serine, valine, histidine, arginine, cysteine, proline, alanine, glutamate, glutamine, aspartate, asparagine and methionine, while threonine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan can be either glucogenic or ketogenic.
See also
Edit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Brosnan J (2003). Interorgan amino acid transport and its regulation. J Nutr 133 (6 Suppl 1): 2068S-2072S.
- ↑ Young V, Ajami A (2001). Glutamine: the emperor or his clothes?. J Nutr 131 (9 Suppl): 2449S-59S; discussion 2486S-7S.
External linksEdit
- Amino acid metabolism
- Chapter on Amino acid catabolism in Biochemistry by Jeremy Berg, John Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer. Fourth ed. by Lubert Stryer. ISBN 0-7167-4955-6 Accessed 2007-03-17
- Amino acid metabolism
| Alanine | Arginine | Asparagine | Aspartic acid | Cysteine | Glutamic acid | Glutamine | Glycine | Histidine | Isoleucine | Leucine | Lysine | Methionine | Phenylalanine | Proline | Serine | Threonine | Tryptophan | Tyrosine | Valine |
| Essential amino acid | Protein | Peptide | Genetic code |
| This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors). |
