Amino Acid Metabolism
Role of Amino Acids Protein monomeric units Energy source Precursors of other biological molecules
Protein Monomeric Units
Energy Source
Precursors (Nitrogen-containing Compounds) Heme Nucleotides Amines Nucleotide Coenzymes Glutathione
Precursors (a-ketoacids)
Classification (Mammals) Essential amino acids Non-essential amino acids
Amino Acid Deamination (First Reaction in Amino Acid Breakdown)
Aminotransferases (Transaminases)
Oxidative Deamination
Amino Acid Oxidase
Transamination (Reactions)
Summary
Degradative Fates of Glutamate Regeneration of a-Ketoglutarate
Glutamate-Aspartate Aminotransferase
Glutamate Dehydrogenase (Oxidative Deamination)
Formation of Urea
Degradative Fates of Glutamate Regeneration of a-Ketoglutarate
Urea Cycle
Urea Cycle (Introduction)
Nitrogen Waste Products
Classification of Organisms (Nitrogen Excretion Patterns) Ammonotelic: ammonia excreting Ureotelic: urea excreting Uricotelic: uric acid excreting
Overall Urea Cycle (Liver)
Glutamate Dehydrogenase (Generation of NH3)
Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase (CPS) (Mitochondrion)
Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase (CPS) CPSI (Mitochondria) Uses NH3 Urea Cycle CPSII (Cytosol) Uses Glutamine Pyrimidine Biosynthesis
Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) (Mitochondrion)
Glutamate Dehydrogenase
Regeneration of Aspartate (Cytosol)
Oxidation of 2 NADH Yields 6 ATP
Activator
Products of Amino Acid Breakdown Glucogenic Pyruvate – a-Ketoglutarate Succinyl-CoA Fumarate Oxaloacetate Ketogenic Acetyl-CoA Acetoacetate
Degradation of amino acids to one of seven common metabolic intermediates. Page 995
Animals cannot carryout net synthesis of precursors of gluconeogenesis from acetyl-CoA or acetoacetate
Conversion of Pyruvate and Oxaloacetate to PEP (Gluconeogenesis)
Degradation to Pyruvate Alanine, Cysteine, Glycine, Serine and Threonine
Degradation of amino acids Amino acid breakdown can yield: Acetyl-CoA -a-KG Succinyl-CoA OAA fumarate
a-KG is generated from five amino acids Proline Glutamate Glutamine Arginine Histidine
Four amino acids are converted to Succinyl-CoA Methionine Converted to homocysteine through methyl group transfer, generates cysteine as converted to a-ketobutyrate Isoleucine Transamination, oxidative decarboxylation to acetyl-CoA and propionyl CoA Valine Transamination, decarboxylation to propionyl CoA Threonine - a-ketobutyrate generated and converted to propionyl CoA
Propionyl-CoA is a common intermediate for amino acids succinyl-CoA
Branched-chain a-keto acid dehydrogenase complex In certain body tissues, this enzyme catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of valine, isoleucine, and leucine yielding CO2, and acyl-CoA derivatives. Shares ancestry with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, a-KG dehydrogenase complex – another example of gene duplication
Branched-chain …complex
Asparagine and aspartate are degraded to OAA
Fate of metabolites derived from amino acids In addition to feeding the citric acid cycle, amino acids can result in ketone bodies, while others are gluconeogenic
Ketone bodies The six amino acids that are degraded to acetoacetyl-CoA and/or acetyl-CoA) can be converted to acetoacetate and b-hydroxybutyrate
Glucogenic amino acids Amino acids that are degraded to pyruvate, a-KG, succinyl-CoA fumarate, and/or OAA can be converted to glucose