1. Amino acid synthesis
Title slide - amino acid synthesis.

2. Transamination to move amino groups keto1 + amino2 <==>amino1 + keto2 .

3. Asparagine biosynthesis from asp, gln, and ATP.

4. Biosynthesis of threonine, methionine, and lysine - members of the asparatic amino acid family.

5. The synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine - SAM - a methyl donor.

6. Biosynthesis of valine and isoleucine.
1 threonine deaminase,
2 acetohydroxy acid synthase,
3 acetohydroxy acid isoomeroreductase,
4 dihydroxyacid dehydratase, and
5 glutamate-dependent amino transferase.

7. Biosynthesis of leucine.
Enzymes
1 alpha-isopropylmalate synthase,
2 alpha-isopropylmalate dehydratase,
3 isopropylmalate dehydrogenase,
4 leucine aminotransferase

8. Biosynthesis of serine.
Enzymes
1 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase,
2 3-phosphoserine aminotransfease,
3 phosphoserine phosphatase.

9. Biosynthesis of glycine from serine via serine hydroxymethyltransferase and glycine oxidase.

10. Cysteine biosynthesis.

11. Some of the aromatic compounds derived from chorismate.

12. The shikimate pathway leading to the synthesis of chorismate.

13. The biosynthesis of phenylalanine.

14. The formation of tyrosine from phenylalanine.

15. The pathway of biosynthesis of histindine - 9 enzymes.

16. Lysine biosynthesis in certain fungi and Euglena.

17. Glutathione metabolism.

18. Amino acids important in nitrogen metabolism.

19. Bacterial glutamine synthetase.

20. The regulation of glutamine synthetase in E coli.

21. Biosynthesis of the glutamate family of amino acids.

22. Biosynthesis of the aspartate family of amino acids.

23. Biosynthesis of the pyruvate family of amino acids.

24. Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis.

25. Histidine biosynthesis.