Question

1. If you were to draw blood from your arm and measure the amino acid content you would find that ~50% of this content was/is comprised of the amino acids Gln and Ala. I would like you to diagram the enzymatic steps that lead to the production Gln and Ala in the peripheral tissues. Your diagrams should begin at a generalized amino acid and end with the products Gln and Ala. Following this answer the questions below. a. Upon arrival into the liver tissue the ammonium that is found on Gln will be removed and placed on urea by the urea cycle. Explain or diagram: i. How these ammonium ions are removed from Gln (name the enzymes and what they produce) and at what point they enter the urea cycle.