Amino Acids and Proteins, Biochemistry Topics
Last Modified: November 3, 2025 Introduction to Amino Acid Biosynthesis All tissues have some capability for synthesis of the non-essential amino acids as well as amino acid remodeling that generates other amino acids such as glutamate conversion to glutamine. In...
Diseases and Disorders, Diseases of Amino Acid and Organic Acid Metabolism
Last Updated: October 30, 2025 Introduction to the Methylmalonic Acidemias The methylmalonic acidemias represent a family of disorders that have in common the elevation of methylmalonic acid in the blood and urine. Some of the methylmalonic acidemias also include the...
Diseases and Disorders, Diseases of Amino Acid and Organic Acid Metabolism
Last Updated: October 29, 2025 Introduction of Homocyst(e)inemia/Homocyst(e)inuria Homocysteinemias (homocystinemias) represent a family of autosomal recessive disorders resulting from defects in several of the genes involved in the conversion of methionine to...