1. Chapter 17 (Part 1) Amino Acid Metabolism: Nitrogen Assimilation and Amino Acid Biosynthesis

2. Nitrogen Cycle

3. Nitrogenase

4. Nitrate and Nitrite to Ammonia

5. Ammonia Assimilation

6. Glutamate Dehydrogenase

7. Glutamine Synthetase (GS)

8. Glutamine back to Glutamate

9. Allosteric Modulation of GS Acitivity in Bacteria

10. Regulation of Bacterial GS by Covalent Modification

12. Glutamate serves as primary N- donor for AA synthesis through transamination reactions

13. Transamination rxns involve Pyridoxol-phosphate and formation of Schiff Base

14. Essential vs. Non-Essential AA’s

15. Amino Acid Biosynthesis is a Diverse Process