Practice: Amino Acid Oxidation 2

Review 4: Amino Acid Oxidation, Oxidative Phosphorylation, & Photophosphorylation / Practice: Amino Acid Oxidation 2 / Problem 2

Problem 2

In the liver mitochondria, oxidative deamination converts glutamate to alphaketoglutarate. Which enzyme is primarily responsible for this conversion?

Transaminase

Glutamate dehydrogenase

Phenylalanine hydroxylase

Pyruvate carboxylase