aspartate family

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A metabolic pathway diagram shows the aspartate family in E. coli, with black arrows indicating steps from oxaloacetate to aspartate and onward to lysine, methionine, threonine, and isoleucine. Red X marks and dashed yellow lines highlight enzyme regulation points.

aspartate family

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End-product inhibition
…formation from oxaloacetate of the aspartate family of amino acids. As mentioned previously in this article, only plants and microorganisms can synthesize many of these amino acids, most animals requiring such amino acids to be supplied preformed in their diets.
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…formation from oxaloacetate of the aspartate family of amino acids. As mentioned previously in this article, only plants and microorganisms can synthesize many of these amino acids, most animals requiring such amino acids to be supplied preformed in their diets.
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