Name the reaction that removes nitrogen from an α-amino acid, forming an α-keto acid.

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Welcome back everyone. Which reaction involves removing an amino group from vine to produce alpha keto acid. We're given four answer choices. Let's analyze each of them a states decomposition. So we have to recall that a decomposition reaction essentially is a reaction in which one starting reactant is broken into two or more products. It is not necessarily a reaction that considers amino groups. Right? Generally, we consider this reaction in general chemistry. An example would be a decomposition of calcium carbonate into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. So it doesn't necessarily need amino groups or nitrogen containing compounds. Now, b de emanation, this is the correct answer. A de emanation reaction is the process of removing the amino group from an amino acid and simply replacing it with Carboni, right? And essentially because we are removing an amino group from an amino acid and replacing it with Carboni, we can essentially state that the Amin nation is the correct answer because we are removing the amino group in this process all the time from an amino acid and vine is an amino acid C states decarboxylate. This is an incorrect choice because decarboxylate as the name suggests is the removal of carbon dioxide. So we are subtracting cot from the molecule and basically decarboxylate can take place in carboxylic acids, right? Not necessarily in amino acids, right. And essentially in simple carboxylic acids, we don't have amino groups and the hydrolysis. This is an incorrect choice as well because it is breaking down a compound due to the reaction with water. But once again, it doesn't necessarily mean that we always can remove amino group, right, or ammonia. So in this case, the only correct answer would be option BD amun involves removing an amino group from bin to produce alpha keto acids. Thank you for watching.

Name the reaction that removes nitrogen from an α-amino acid, forming an α-keto acid.

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Transamination

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α-Keto Acid