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TRANSAMINATION What is transamination? The transfer of an amino group from an amino acid to a keto acid is known as transamination. It is catalysed by a group of enzymes called transaminases  (recently aminotransferases) What is the mechanism of transamination? Occurs in two stages Transfer of the amino group to the coenzyme pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)  …

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  The process of synthesizing ATP from ADP & Pi coupled with electron transport chain is known as oxidative phosphorylation. For this oxidation to take place, many components are required. One of them is NADH, the reducing equivalent.   Transport of reducing Equivalents – the shuttle pathways.   The inner mitochondrial membrane is impermeable to …

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