Enumerate and explain five general principles of protein metabolism.
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- Explain the chain of events when glucose molecules are released into the blood (from food). Include details.Define essential and nonessential amino acids, and describe the general scheme of amino acid biosynthesis.Define the following nutritional terms.a) glycolytic-b) glucogenic-c) glycogenic-d) glycogenolytic-e) lipolytic-f) lipogenic-g) proteogenic-h) proteolytic-