Glutamic acid, aspartic acid and their amides occupy an important place in the metabolism of nitrogenous compounds. We know that glutamic acid was the main entry point of ammonia into biological compounds and we will see that its metabolism is linked to that of several other amino acids; as for its amide, glutamine, it plays an important role in the [...]
In this article we will discuss about the metabolism of glycine and serine. They are two non-essential amino acids; as we shall see in the following they are inter-convertible, so that for a long time, one did not know which one was formed first and gave rise to the other. It is now known that it is not the simpler [...]
In this article we will discuss about the synthesis and absorption of amino acids. Synthesis of Amino Acids: E.coli and many other micro-organisms can be grown in an inorganic medium with glucose added as the only source of carbon, which definitely shows that all amino acids can be synthesized by these cells from glucose. It may be considered that plants [...]