1. Vth Semester B. pharmacy
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry-II
Unit-I
Basic Metabolic Pathway(Part-4)
(Amino acid Pathway)
Presented By :
Miss. Pooja D. Bhandare
(Assistant Professor)
Kandhar College of Pharmacy, Nanded
2. AMINO ACID PATHWAY
• AMINO ACIDS FOUND IN FREE STATE & AS BASIC UNIT OF PROTEIN ( POLYMER OF AMINO
ACIDS).
• PRECURSOR OF SOME SECONDARY METABOLITE ( E.G., ALKALOIDS)
• MOST OF AMINO ACIDS IN NATURE- ΑAMINO ACID.
• AMINO ACID PATHWAY START FROM GLYCOLYSIS
AND KREB CYCLE( BRANCHED ITS INTERMEDIATE.
• PLANT SYNTHESIZE ALL 20 AMINO ACIDS (ALIPHATIC AND HYDROCYLIC DIFFERENT
ROUT OF BIOSYNTHESIS.
3. • NITROGEN ENTERS METABOLIC REACTION BY REDUCTIVE AMINATION.
• Α- KETO ACID ALIPHATIC AMINO ACID
( SEVER AS ΑAMINO ACID DONATE PER TRANSAMINATION ON REACTION)
+NH
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