Amino Acids and Proteins, Biochemistry Topics
Last Modified: October 21, 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...
Biochemistry Topics, Lipid Metabolism
Last Updated: October 27, 2025 Introduction to Fatty Acid Oxidation Humans store fatty acids, without limit, primarily in adipose tissue, as a means to provide readily available energy from their oxidation during periods of fasting. Fatty acids, in most tissues, are...