Non essential amino acid - aspartate is synthesized by which reaction in the body?
Nonessential amino acids—can be synthesized in humans.
a. Alanine—transamination from pyruvate.
b. Aspartate—transamination from oxaloacetate.
c. Asparagine—addition of ammonia to aspartate.
d. Cysteine—skeleton from serine and sulfur from methionine.
e. Glutamate—transamination from α-ketoglutarate.
f. Glutamine—addition of ammonia to glutamate.
Transamination from pyruvate
Transamination from oxaloacetate
Transamination from α-ketoglutarate
Removal of hydroxymethyl group from serine