Amino Acids and Proteins, Biochemistry Topics
Last Updated: October 14, 2025 Introduction to Amino Acid Catabolism All tissues have some capability for synthesis of the non-essential amino acids, amino acid catabolism and remodeling, and conversion of non-amino acid carbon skeletons into amino acids and other...
Biochemistry Topics, Specialized Topics
Last Updated: October 23, 2025 Sources of NADPH The reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is critical to numerous reductive biosynthetic processes such as fatty acid synthesis, cholesterol synthesis, bile acid synthesis, steroid hormone...
Diseases and Disorders, Diseases of Amino Acid and Organic Acid Metabolism
Last Updated: October 29, 2025 Introduction to Hartnup Disorder Hartnup disorder is an autosomal recessive disorder that was first described in 1956 in the Hartnup family in London. The originally characterized patients exhibited a renal aminoaciduria of neutral amino...
