1. Nitrogen Metabolism
Published Online: 2 JUL 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118357514.ch1
Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Amino Acid Metabolism, Third Edition
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How to Cite
Bender, D. A. (2012) Nitrogen Metabolism, in Amino Acid Metabolism, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118357514.ch1
Publication History
- Published Online: 2 JUL 2012
- Published Print: 10 AUG 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470661512
Online ISBN: 9781118357514
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Keywords:
- nitrogen metabolic cycle, reducing nitrogen to ammonium;
- plants and other microorganisms, nitrates and nitrites into amino acids;
- animals and plant foods, adenosine deaminase in amino acid deamination;
- human activity, effects on nitrogen cycle leading to overdenitrification;
- nitrous oxide, greenhouse gas, and global warming/climate change;
- nitrate concentration more than 10 mg N/l of water, threats to public health;
- purine and pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis and PRPP, nitrogen donors;
- nitrogenase regulation by fixed nitrogen, and ATP nitrogen;
- nitrite-oxidizing microorganisms, nitrite to nitrate, for denitrification;
- glutamate synthase, ammonium incorporation glutamine pathway
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrification and denitrification
The incorporation of fixed nitrogen into organic compounds
The synthesis and catabolism of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides
Deamination of amino acids
Excretion of nitrogenous waste
Other nitrogenous compounds in human urine
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