What coenzyme is used with Alanine Aminotransferase
ALT (and all aminotransferases) require the coenzyme pyridoxal phosphate , which is converted into pyridoxamine in the first phase of the reaction, when an amin
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What enzyme is used to convert glutamate to glutamine in the tissues for transport to liver?
Glutamine synthetase
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What are two ways to remove amine groups from amino acids
Transamination and Oxidative Deamination (There are other ways)
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Where does oxidative deamination take place?
In human body deamination takes place primarily in the liver mitochondria - secondarily in kidney
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What is the name of the enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of glutamine?
Glutaminase
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This amino acid transports ammonia from skeletal muscle to liver
