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Which amino acid is glutamine formed from?


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Amino acids:

  1. Amino acids are formed by a Triplet of Codons.
  2. These codons are nothing but Nitrogen bases.
  3. Amino acids forms protiens.
  4. There are twenty amino acids present.

Glutamine:

  1. Glutamine is an amino acid that is formed by the reaction of Glutamate.
  2. Glutamate acts as a precursor for glutamine.
  3. Glutamine is synthesized by the Glutamine Synthetase pathway.
  4. Amino acid Glycine can be transformed into Glutamate.
  5. Hence Glycine can be converted to Glutamine.
  6. Glutamine is formed from glutamic acid.

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