VPB 121: Veterinary Physiology - II (2+1)

AMINO ACID BIOSYNTHESIS

• The NH₃ is taken up by the bacteria and fixed to glutamate. Based on the source of carbon atom amino acids are divided into groups like glutamate family (glutamine, proline, arginine).
• Serine family (Serine, glycine, cysteine).
• Aspartate family (Aspartate, lysine, methionine, threonine, isoleucine).
• Pyruvate family (Alanine, isoleucine, leucine, valine).
• Aromatic family (Phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan and histidine).