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Author: McMurry
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Chapter 25, Problem 25.45CP
Interpretation Introduction

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The possibility of amino acids be both glucogenic and ketogenic has to be explained.

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  • The carbons atoms of the amino acids are metabolized through two different pathways are called ketogenesis and gluconeogenesis.
  • Ketogenesis pathway leads to the formation of ketone bodies, in which carbons are first converted to acetyl-CoA or acetoacetyl-CoA and then to ketone bodies.
  • Gluconeogenesis is the process of formation of glucose from non-carbohydrates, in which the pathway leads to the formation pyruvate or the intermediates of citric acid cycle.
  • The carbons of Isoleucine leads to the formation Acetyl-CoA and the formation succinyl-CoA

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