An exopeptidase cleaves the N-terminal residue from oligopeptides in the small intestines. What enzyme is this?
Aminopeptidase
Where are the branched-chain amino acids coming from when they reach the muscles?
Liver
Without the resorption of cystine, this leads to accumulation of stones of cystine in the urinary tract. What disorder is this?
Cystinuria
What reaction removes an amino group and produces a keto acid and glutamate?
Aminotransferase
What amino acids cannot participate in transamination?
Lysine and Threonine
What aminotransferase reaction catalyzes the reaction that produces pyruvate and glutamate?
Alanine Aminotransferase
The coenzyme pyridoxal phosphate that's required for all aminotransferases are covalently linked to what amino acid?
Lysine
What transferase is the most sensitive and the most abundant in the liver?
Aspartate Aminotransferase
When the energy in cells are high, what will be synthesized in the process of reductive amination?
Amino Acids