1. a.) What is the toxic product of the oxidative deamination of of glutamate? b.) How does the body get rid of it? c.) If the urea cycle is inhibited, in what other ways can the body get rid of NH4+ ions? d.) The metabolism of the carbon skeleton of tyrosine yields pyruvate. Why is tyrosine a glucogenic amino acid?

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1. a.) What is the toxic product of the oxidative deamination of of

glutamate?

b.) How does the body get rid of it?

c.) If the urea cycle is inhibited, in what other ways can the body get rid of NH4+ ions?

d.) The metabolism of the carbon skeleton of tyrosine yields pyruvate. Why is tyrosine a glucogenic amino acid?

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