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Perhaps the most central concept in amino acid degradation isthat some amino acids are glucogenic, some are ketogenic and someare both glucogenic and ketogenic. Which of the following aminoacids is both glucogenic and ketogenic?

A. Arg

B. Ile

C. Leu

D. Asn

E. Cys

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Amino acids are biologically important organic compoundscomposed of amine NH2 and carboxylic acid COOHfunctional groups along with a side chain specific to each aminoacid Amino acids when deaminatedyield a keto acids thatdirectly or via additional reactions feed into the major metabolicpathways for an example Krebs cycle depicts the ultimateproducts of dagradation of amino acid carbon    See Answer
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