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75387 Ensembl ENSG00000089163 ENSMUSG00000029524 UniProt Q9Y6E7 Q8R216 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_012240 NM_001385733 NM_001385734 NM_001385735 NM_001167691 NM_133760 RefSeq (protein) NP_036372 NP_001161163 NP_598521 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 120.3 – 120.31 Mb Chr 5: 115.48 – 115.48 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Sirtuin 4, also known as SIRT4, is a mitochondrial protein ...
The first sirtuin was identified in yeast (a lower eukaryote) and named sir2. In more complex mammals, there are seven known enzymes that act in cellular regulation, as sir2 does in yeast. These genes are designated as belonging to different classes (I-IV), depending on their amino acid sequence structure. [20]
Serine (symbol Ser or S) [3] [4] is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated − NH +3 form under biological conditions), a carboxyl group (which is in the deprotonated − COO −
The amino acids that are produced by protein catabolism can then be further catabolized in amino acid catabolism. Among the several degradative processes for amino acids are Deamination (removal of an amino group), transamination (transfer of amino group), decarboxylation (removal of carboxyl group), and dehydrogenation (removal of hydrogen ...
Like other natural proteinogenic amino acids, cysteine and selenocysteine have L chirality in the older D / L notation based on homology to D - and L-glyceraldehyde. In the newer R / S system of designating chirality, based on the atomic numbers of atoms near the asymmetric carbon, they have R chirality, because of the presence of sulfur or ...
Animals must metabolize proteins to amino acids, at the expense of muscle tissue, when blood sugar is low. The preference of liver transaminases for oxaloacetate or alpha-ketoglutarate plays a key role in funneling nitrogen from amino acid metabolism to aspartate and glutamate for conversion to urea for excretion of nitrogen.
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Trimethylglycine is an amino acid derivative with the formula (CH 3) 3 N + CH 2 CO − 2.A colorless, water-soluble solid, it occurs in plants. [5] Trimethylglycine is a zwitterion: the molecule contains both a quaternary ammonium group and a carboxylate group.