Amino Acids Flashcards
1
Q
Essential Amino Acids?
A
PVT TIM HaLL
- Phenylalanine
- Valine
- Tyrosine
- Threonine
- Isoleucine
- Methionine
- Histidine
- Leucine
- Lysine
2
Q
Essential AA Glucogenic only
A
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- Methionine
- Histidine
- Valine
3
Q
Essential AA that are glucogenic and ketogenic?
A
- Isoluecine
- Phenylalanine
- Threonine
- Tyrosine
4
Q
Essential AA that are ketogenic
A
- Leucine
- Lysine
The onLy pureLy ketogenic AA
5
Q
Acidic Amino Acids?
Charge at body pH?
A
- Aspartic acid
- Glutamic acid
Negatively charged at body pH
6
Q
Basic AA?
Which is most basic? No charge at body pH?
Which are required for
A
- Arginine, Histidine, Lysine (His lys are basic)
- Arginine is most basic- Histidine has no charge at body pH
- Arginine and histidine are required for periods of growth
- Arginine and lysine are increased in histones which bind negatively charged DNA
