Alanine
Alanine, an amino acid. Primary gluconeogenic substrate. The glucose-alanine cycle shuttles nitrogen from muscle BCAA catabolism to liver for urea synthesis and…
Primary gluconeogenic substrate. The glucose-alanine cycle shuttles nitrogen from muscle BCAA catabolism to liver for urea synthesis and gluconeogenesis. Reversibly transaminated to pyruvate by ALT.
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