A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is an amino acid having an aliphatic side-chain with a branch (a central carbon atom bound to three or more carbon atoms)...
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In enzymology, a branched-chain-fatty-acid kinase (EC 2.7.2.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + 2-methylpropanoate ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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biochemistry, fatty acid synthesis is the creation of fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and NADPH through the action of enzymes called fatty acid synthases. This...
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Fatty acid metabolism consists of various metabolic processes involving or closely related to fatty acids, a family of molecules classified within the...
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Beta oxidation (redirect from Fatty acid oxidation)
transport chain. It is named as such because the beta carbon of the fatty acid chain undergoes oxidation and is converted to a carbonyl group to start the...
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in the synthesis of branched, long-chain fatty acids. In plants, this enzyme is involved in the synthesis of branched, long-chain hydrocarbons. The overall...
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human beings, propionate arises from the β-oxidation of odd-chain and branched-chain fatty acids, and is a (relatively minor) substrate for gluconeogenesis...
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molecules derived from the beta oxidation of a 6 carbon segment of a fatty acid chain, and the subsequent oxidation of the resulting 3 molecules of acetyl-CoA...
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Leucine (redirect from 2-amino-4-methylpentanoic acid)
property it shares with many other amino acids. Like valine and isoleucine, leucine is a branched-chain amino acid. The primary metabolic end products of...
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alternative sources of anaerobically oxidizable substrates, such as fatty acids, are found. The pathway of glycolysis as it is known today took almost...
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Lipogenesis (section Fatty acid synthesis)
In biochemistry, lipogenesis is the conversion of fatty acids and glycerol into fats, or a metabolic process through which acetyl-CoA is converted to...
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Adenosine triphosphate (redirect from Adenosine-triphosphoric acid)
is called beta-oxidation. Each cycle of beta-oxidation shortens the fatty acid chain by two carbon atoms and produces one equivalent each of acetyl-CoA...
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Maple syrup urine disease (redirect from Branched-chain ketoaciduria)
affects the body’s ability to metabolize amino acids due to a deficiency in the activity of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKAD) complex...
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which organisms produce ketone bodies by breaking down fatty acids and ketogenic amino acids. The process supplies energy to certain organs, particularly...
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synthesized in the human body through the metabolism of L-leucine, a branched-chain amino acid. In healthy individuals, approximately 60% of dietary L-leucine...
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cycle produces a new fatty acid chain with two fewer carbons and acetyl-CoA as a byproduct. In cellular respiration Citric acid cycle: Through a series...
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Biomolecule (section Amino acids)
three non polar or hydrophobic fatty acid tails, and therefore they are amphiphilic. Fatty acids consist of unbranched chains of carbon atoms that are connected...
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Outline of biochemistry (redirect from List of branches of biochemistry)
polysaccharide – starch – glycogen Lipids : fatty acid – fats – essential oils – oils – waxes – cholesterol Nucleic acids : DNA – RNA – mRNA – tRNA – rRNA – codon...
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oligosaccharyltransferases. Fatty acids are made by fatty acid synthases that polymerize and then reduce acetyl-CoA units. The acyl chains in the fatty acids are extended...
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Protein metabolism (redirect from Amino acid metabolism)
acids in a chain which adds stability to the folded structure. A polypeptide chain in the cell does not have to stay linear; it can become branched or...
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Shikimate pathway (redirect from Shikimic acid pathway)
chorismate (chrorismic acid), a substrate for the three aromatic amino acids. The fifth enzyme involved is the shikimate kinase, an enzyme that catalyzes...
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1-aminomutase EC 2.7.2.14: branched-chain-fatty-acid kinase EC 2.7.2.15: propionate kinase EC 2.7.2.16: 2-phosphoglycerate kinase (*) EC 2.7.2.17: [amino-group...
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Second wind (section Lactic acid)
body's glycogen stores being depleted, with "second wind" occurring when fatty acids become the predominant source of energy. The delay between "hitting the...
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interactions. Enterobacter cloacae can produce IAA, from aromatic and branched-chain amino acids. Fungi can form a fungal mantle around roots of perennial plants...
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(2015-12-28). "Catabolism of Branched Chain Amino Acids Contributes Significantly to Synthesis of Odd-Chain and Even-Chain Fatty Acids in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes"...
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glycogenin is needed to create initial short glycogen chains, which are then lengthened and branched by the other enzymes of glycogenesis. Glycogenin, a...
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Lipolysis (category Fatty acids)
through which lipid triglycerides are hydrolyzed into a glycerol and free fatty acids. It is used to mobilize stored energy during fasting or exercise, and...
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which is needed for fatty acid synthesis, among other things. Thymine, on the other hand, is converted into β-aminoisobutyric acid which is then used to...
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Nucleic Acids Research. 13 (17): 6361–6373. doi:10.1093/nar/13.17.6361. PMC 321958. PMID 2995927. Sabio G, Davis RJ (June 2014). "TNF and MAP kinase signalling...
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long-chain carboxylic acids. The hydrolysis, saponification, or transesterification of these triglycerides produces glycerol as well as the fatty acid derivative:...
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