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By a simple transamination reaction, intermediates in the Citric Acid Cycle can be converted in one step to all of these amino acids, except:
 a. Alanine
  b. Aspartic acid
  c. Glutamic acid
  d. Cysteine
  e. All of these amino acids are only one step away from the major metabolic pathways.

Question 2

By means of a semialdehyde intermediate, glutamate is involved in the synthesis of which of the following amino acids?
 a. Arginine
  b. Glutamine
  c. Lysine
  d. Proline
  e. Both a and d.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

e



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