Biosynthesis of Amino Acids
Overview
Overview (cont)
Biosynthetic Families Metabolic PrecursorsAmino Acids -ketoglutarateGlutamate Glutamine Proline Arginine 3-PhophoglycerateSerine Glycine Cysteine
Biosynthetic Families (cont) Metabolic PrecursorsAmino Acids OxaloacetateAspartate, Asparagine Methionine, Threonine, Lysine PyruvateAlanine, Valine, Leucine Isoleucine
Biosynthetic Families (cont) Metabolic PrecursorsAmino Acids PhosphoenolpyruvateTryptophan and erythrose 4-phosphate Phenlyalanine Tyrosine Ribose 5-phophateHistidine
Ketoglutarate Family Ketoglutarate Glutamate GlutamineProlineArginine
-Ketoglutamate to glutamate/glutamine Glutamate + NH ATP Glutamine synthetase Glutamine + ADP + Pi + H + -Ketoglutamate + glutamine + NADPH + H + Glutamate synthase 2 glutamate + NADP +
-Ketoglutamate to glutamate/glutamine Net Reaction: -Ketoglutarate + NH NADPH + ATP L-glutamate + NADP + + ADP + Pi
Ketoglutarate Family Ketoglutarate Glutamate GlutamineProlineArginine
Synthesis of Proline
Synthesis of Arginine
3-Phosphoglycerate Family 3- Phosphoglycerate Serine GlycineCysteine
Synthesis of Serine and Glycine
Synthesis of Cysteine
Oxoloacetate Family Oxaloacetate Aspartate AsparagineMethionineLysineThreonine
Synthesis of Aspartate and Asparagine Oxaloacetate Aspartate Transamination from glutamate Amidation with Glutamine donating NH 4 + Asparagine
Synthesis of Lysine, Methionine, and Threonine See handout
Pyruvate Family Pyruvate AlanineValineLeucineIsoleucine
Synthesis of Alanine Pyruvate Alanine Transamination from glutamate
Synthesis of Isoleucine, Valine,and Leucine See handout
Phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose 4-phosphate Family Phosphoenolpyruvate + erythrose 4-phosphate Chorismate TryptophanTyrosinePhenylalanine
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 1)Provide the 6 metabolic precursors and the amino acids which they lead to. 2)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!!)