alleryBefore amino acids enter the respiratory pathway they usually undergo
AHydrogenation
BPhosphorylation
CDeamination
DCarboxylation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Deamination
Amino acids lose their amino group by deamination and then enter at pyruvate, acetyl CoA or the Krebs cycle.
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