Human Biochemistry, Volume 1 - Murray R. 1993

Metabolism of Proteins and Amino Acids
Catabolism of the Carbon Skeletons of Amino Acids
Introduction

This section focuses on The conversion of the carbon skeletons of common L-Amino Acids into amphibolic intermediates, as well as on metabolic diseases—the so-called "inborn errors of METABOLISM"—associated with the corresponding Catabolic pathways.



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