Biosynthesis of Amino Acids
Overview
Overview (cont)
Biosynthetic Families Metabolic Precursors Amino Acids a-ketoglutarate Glutamate Glutamine Proline Arginine 3-Phophoglycerate Serine Glycine Cysteine
Biosynthetic Families (cont) Metabolic Precursors Amino Acids Oxaloacetate Aspartate, Asparagine Methionine, Threonine, Lysine Pyruvate Alanine, Valine, Leucine Isoleucine
Biosynthetic Families (cont) Metabolic Precursors Amino Acids Phosphoenolpyruvate Tryptophan and erythrose 4-phosphate Phenlyalanine Tyrosine Ribose 5-phophate Histidine
a-Ketoglutarate Family
a-Ketoglutamate to glutamate/glutamine Glutamate + NH4+ + ATP Glutamine synthetase Glutamine + ADP + Pi + H+ a-Ketoglutamate + glutamine + NADPH + H+ 2 glutamate + NADP+ Glutamate synthase
a-Ketoglutamate to glutamate/glutamine Net Reaction: a-Ketoglutarate + NH4+ + NADPH + ATP L-glutamate + NADP+ + ADP + Pi
a-Ketoglutarate Family
Synthesis of Proline
Synthesis of Proline
Synthesis of Arginine
Synthesis of Arginine
3-Phosphoglycerate Family
Synthesis of Serine and Glycine
Synthesis of Cysteine
Oxoloacetate Family
Synthesis of Aspartate and Asparagine Oxaloacetate Transamination from glutamate Amidation with Glutamine donating NH4+ Asparagine
Synthesis of Lysine, Methionine, and Threonine See handout
Pyruvate Family
Synthesis of Alanine Alanine Pyruvate Transamination from glutamate
Synthesis of Isoleucine, Valine,and Leucine See handout
Phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose 4-phosphate Family
Synthesis of Chorismate
Synthesis of Tryptophan
Synthesis of Tyrosine and Phenylalanine
Synthesis of Tyrosine and Phenylalanine (cont)
Biosynthesis of Histidine See handout
Possible Test Questions Provide the 6 metabolic precursors and the amino acids which they lead to. Duplicate the Amino Acid Synthesis Overview Flow Chart. Expand the sections need to show the synthesis of Glutamate, Glutamine, Proline, Arginine, Serine, Cysteine, Glycine, and starting from Chorismate Tryptophan, Tyrosine and Phenylalanine. (40 points!!)