Branched Chain Amino Acid

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• branched-chain-amino-acid transaminase — branched chain ami·no ac·id trans·am·i·nase (brancht chān ə meґno asґid trans amґĭ nās) [EC 2.6.1.42] an enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the removal of the α amino group of leucine, isoleucine, or valine to …   Medical dictionary

• branched-chain keto acid — any of the keto acids formed by oxidative decarboxylation of branched chain amino acids …   Medical dictionary

• Branched-chain amino acids — The phrase branched chain amino acids or BCAA is sometimes used to refer to the amino acids having aliphatic side chains that are non linear.These are leucine, isoleucine and valine. The combination of these three essential amino acids make up… …   Wikipedia

• branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase — branched chain α ke·to ac·id de·hy·dro·gen·ase (brancht chān keґto asґid de hiґdro jən ās) an enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that is a component of the multienzyme branched chain α keto acid dehydrogenase complex (q.v …   Medical dictionary

• Amino acid — This article is about the class of chemicals. For the structures and properties of the standard proteinogenic amino acids, see Proteinogenic amino acid. The generic structure of an alpha amino acid in its unionized form …   Wikipedia

• Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex — protein Name=2 oxoisovalerate dehydrogenase (lipoamide) caption= width= HGNCid=8523 Symbol=OVD1A AltSymbols= EntrezGene=5014 OMIM= RefSeq= UniProt= PDB= ECnumber=1.2.4.4 Chromosome= Arm= Band= LocusSupplementaryData=The branched chain α keto acid …   Wikipedia

• branched-chain α-keto acid dehydrogenase complex — a multienzyme complex composed of 3 methyl 2 oxobutanoate dehydrogenase (2 methylpropanoyl transferring) [EC 1.2.4.4] (more commonly called branched chain α keto acid dehydrogenase), dihydrolipoyllysine residue (2 methylpropanoyl)transferase …   Medical dictionary

• Amino acid synthesis — For the non biological synthesis of amino acids see: Strecker amino acid synthesis Amino acid synthesis is the set of biochemical processes (metabolic pathways) by which the various amino acids are produced from other compounds. The substrates… …   Wikipedia

• Proteinogenic amino acid — Proteinogenic amino acids are those amino acids that can be found in proteins and require cellular machinery coded for in the genetic code [1] of any organism for their isolated production. There are 22 standard amino acids, but only 21 are found …   Wikipedia

• Essential amino acid — An essential amino acid or indispensable amino acid is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized de novo by the organism (usually referring to humans), and therefore must be supplied in the diet. Contents 1 Essentiality vs. conditional… …   Wikipedia

• List of amino acid metabolism disorders — Several genetic disorders cause errors in amino acid metabolism. Amino acid metabolism disorders result from defects either in the synthesis of or the breakdown of amino acids or in the body s ability to get the amino acids into cells. These… …   Wikipedia