Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The degradation pathway of amino acid, glutamate.

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Glutamate is a glucogenic amino acid, that is, its catabolic product can generate glucose. It is a nonessential, negatively charged, polar amino acid. It contains CH2CH2-COOH as R-group along with a basic carbon skeleton.

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