BIOLOGY 2EE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pyruvic Acid, Glutamine, Glycolysis
4 May 2017
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2 these percentages would help you to know what to compose a media of for the organism to grow. Prototroph - think of the media you would contain for these to grow. Can synthesize all amino acids that it needs to grow from these basic first principles. We are auxotropic for many amino acids because we have lost the capability of synthesizing them from precursur molecules. Many bacteria though, can synthesize all these things from ammonia and glucose. Humans - oxidize organic compounds (foods we eat). If organisms are anerobes it wouldn"t alter where they fit. To be in more than one group - yes, some bacteria can do this. Use light for energy, in the dark they use reduced carbon compounds. As humans, we get out nitrogen from protein. Glutamine condenses with ammonia in an atp catalyzed reaction. Glutamine amino acid is made with two amino groups. The glutamine can act as an amino donor to many other compounds.
