amino acids

• amino acid

  A) amino group

  B) side chain

  C) carboxyl group

  
• deamination 


  amino acids can't be stored in the body they must be used to build protein or broken down
• the amine group is broken off to produce ammonia (ornithine cycle)
• ornithine cycle

  NH3 + CO2 -> urea + H2O
• organic grow is used in respiration or converted to glycogen and stored as granules in the liver