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Alanine (Ala, A)
Methionine (Met, M)
Leucine (Leu, L)
Proline (Pro, P)
Lysine (Lys, K)
Tyrosinemia I
Hyperlysinemia
Cystinuria
Methylmalonic aciduria
Glycine cleavage enzyme deficiency
Too little product formation of a metabolic pathway
Too much substrate accumulation for an enzymatic reaction
An undersupply of tyrosine for protein translation
An oversupply of homogentisic acid
Modification of blood proteins by metabolic acids
Glutamine
Arginine
Phenylalanine
Tyrosine
Serine
Tyrosine hydroxylase
Cystathionine synthase
Threonine dehydratase
Glutathione reductase
L-amino acid oxidase
A heavyweight boxer training for the world championship
A fast-growing teenager who eats 3500 calories of junk food every day
A political prisoner who went on a hunger strike
A woman who is 8 months pregnant
A patient who is recovering from successful cancer surgery and chemotherapy
Arginase
Carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I
Arginosuccinate lyase
Ornithine transcarbamoylase
Arginosuccinate synthetase
Ornithine transcarbamoylase deficiency
Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
. Methylmalonic acidemia
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Maple syrup urine disease
Metabolism of branched-chain amino acids
Metabolism of aromatic amino acids
Metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids
Transformation of carbohydrates to amino acids
One-carbon transfer reactions
Tyrosine
Methionine
Glucocerebroside
Glycine
Phenylalanine
Heart
Brain
Liver
Muscle
Lungs
Patients in group A would get the lowest reduction of blood pressure from a given dose
Patients in group C would be most at risk of getting an overdose
The drug is converted by a cytochrome P450
Patients in the left of the diagram metabolize the drug only very slowly.
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