Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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The advantages of transamination in cells.

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Transamination is a chemical reaction that creates a new amino acid by shifting an amino group to ketoacid. The pathway is liable for almost all deamination of amino acids. It is a degradation pathway that is used in the transformation of essential amino acids into non-essential amino acids. Α-ketoglutarate functions as the primary acceptor of the amino group and creates glutamate as the main amino acid.

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