What is transamination?

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Answer :

The alpha amino group of amino acid can be trans-

ferred to alpha keto acid to form the correspond-

ing new amino acid and alpha keto acid 

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Last Answer : Answer : B

Description : A coenzyme required in transamination reactions is (A) Coenzyme A (B) Coenzyme Q (C) Biotin (D) Pyridoxal phosphate

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Description : Cofactor for transamination is (A) Thymine (B) Riboflavin (C) Pyridoxine (D) Niacin

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Description : Biotin is essential for (A) Translation (B) Carboxylation (C) Hydroxylation (D) Transamination

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Description : Pyridoxal phosphate is central to (A) Deamination (B) Amidation (C) Carboxylation (D) Transamination

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Description : Most amino acids are substrates for transamination except (A) Alanine (B) Threonine (C) Serine (D) Valine

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Description : Transamination is a (A) Irreversible process(B) Reversible process (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these

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Description : Histidine is converted to histamine through the process of (A) Transamination (B) Decarboxylation (C) Oxidative deamination (D) Urea cycle

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Description : What is the product of transamination reaction of pyruvate with glutamate?

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Description : Give an example of transamination reaction.

Last Answer : Glutamic acid + pyruvic acid alpha keto glutarate + alanine.

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