Fund. of General, Org... -Masteringchem.
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Author: McMurry
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Chapter 25, Problem 25.21AP
Interpretation Introduction

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The term transamination has to be explained

Concept introduction:

  • Transamination of amino acid is the reaction in which amino group is converted to keto acid and formation of a new amino acid takes place.
  • The reaction is the interchange of amino group from given amino acid with the keto group from α-ketoglutarate. During transamination reaction α-ketoglutarate gives glutamate as the product. The product from the amino acid is the keto group.
  • Oxidative deamination is the removal of NH4+ bonded to αcarbon and replacing them by a C=O gives the desired α-ketoacid.

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