Amino acid metabolism [electronic resource] /
David A. Bender.
- 3rd ed.
- Chichester, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- xxi, 456 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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