Leucine: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	L-leucine

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A metabolic pathway diagram for Escherichia coli showing how various nutrients-including sugars, fats, glycerol, and amino acids-are broken down into intermediates like pyruvate and acetyl-CoA, leading to the production of energy and other metabolites such as lactate, glutamate, and succinate. Arrows indicate the flow of metabolites between compounds, with key nutrient sources and products highlighted in colored boxes.

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Amino acid Glutamine Methionine Histidine Glutamic acid Tryptophan Alanine Tyrosine Lysine Proline Phenylalanine