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TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM
TRYPTOPHAN Metabolism (W)
• This amino acid is both glucogenic and ketogenic because its metabolism yields alanine and
acetoacetyl CoA.
• 11 Carbon catabolized as
•Formyl group (1Cone
carbon pool)
• Alanine (3C CHO)
• Acetoacetate (4C
Ketogenic)
• 3 C CO2
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