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Chapter 29.SE, Problem 30MP
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The amino acid leucine is biosynthesized from α-ketoisocaproate, which is itself prepared from α-ketoisovalerate by a multistep route that involves (1) reaction with acetyl CoA, (2) hydrolysis, (3) dehydration, (4) hydration, (5) oxidation, and (6) decarboxylation. Show the steps in the transformation, and propose a mechanism for each.
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Ch. 29.1 - Prob. 1PCh. 29.3 - Write the equations for the remaining passages of...Ch. 29.3 - Prob. 3PCh. 29.4 - Write a mechanism for the dehydration reaction of...Ch. 29.4 - Evidence for the role of acetate in fatty-acid...Ch. 29.4 - Does the reduction of acetoacetyl ACP in step 6...Ch. 29.5 - Prob. 7PCh. 29.5 - Look at the entire glycolysis pathway, and make a...Ch. 29.6 - Prob. 9PCh. 29.7 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 29.7 - Write mechanisms for step 2 of the citric acid...Ch. 29.7 - Prob. 12PCh. 29.8 - Prob. 13PCh. 29.9 - Write all the steps in the transamination reaction...Ch. 29.9 - What -keto acid is formed on transamination of...Ch. 29.9 - Prob. 16PCh. 29.SE - Prob. 17VCCh. 29.SE - Identify the following intermediate in the citric...Ch. 29.SE - The following compound is an intermediate in the...Ch. 29.SE - Prob. 20VCCh. 29.SE - In the pentose phosphate pathway for degrading...Ch. 29.SE - Prob. 22MPCh. 29.SE - One of the steps in the pentose phosphate pathway...Ch. 29.SE - One of the steps in the pentose phosphate pathway...Ch. 29.SE - Prob. 25MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 26MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 27MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 28MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 29MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 30MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 31MPCh. 29.SE - Prob. 32APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 33APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 34APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 35APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 36APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 37APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 38APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 39APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 40APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 41APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 42APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 43APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 44APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 45APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 46APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 47APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 48APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 49APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 50APCh. 29.SE - In glycerol metabolism, the oxidation of...Ch. 29.SE - Prob. 52APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 53APCh. 29.SE - Prob. 54APCh. 29.SE - In step 7 of fatty-acid biosynthesis (Figure...Ch. 29.SE - Prob. 56AP
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