5. Degradation of carbon skeletons of amino acids.
The carbon skeleton remainings after deamination of amino acids can be
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used in various biosynthetic pathways as intermediates
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degraded by reactions coupled to the generation of energy
All amino acids can be degraded to CO2 and H2O by appropriate enzyme
systems.
All these systems involve, directly or indirectly, the formation of
a dicarboxylic acid intermediate of the TCA cycle.
Keotgenic and glycogenic amino acids.
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