Explain what occurs if an essential amino acid is missing from ...

[EAugust]

Explain what occurs if an essential amino acid is missing from the diet.

Question 2

To monitor the intensity of exercise using HR, an individual needs to pause for a minimum of 60 seconds during exercise.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

[Bison]

Answer to Question 1

If an essential amino acid (one the body cannot make) is missing, the building of the protein will halt. The cell cannot hold partially completed proteins to complete them later, for example, the next day. Instead, it must dismantle the partial structures and return surplus amino acids to the circulation, making them available to other cells. If other cells do not soon pick up these amino acids and insert them into protein, the liver will remove their amine groups for the kidney to excrete. Other cells will then use the remaining fragments for other purposes. The need for the production of that particular protein will not be met.

Answer to Question 2

False