Glucogenic amino acid

A glucogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be converted into glucose through gluconeogenesis.^[1]^[2] This is in contrast to the ketogenic amino acids that are converted into ketone bodies.

In humans, the glucogenic amino acids are - glycine, serine, valine, histidine, arginine, cysteine, proline, alanine, glutamate, glutamine, aspartate, asparagine and methionine. The ketogenic amino acids are leucine and lysine, while threonine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan can feed into either system.

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[1] http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/133/6/2068S, Brosnan J, Interorgan amino acid transport and its regulation, J Nutr, Vol. 133, No. 6 Suppl 1, pp. 2068S-2072S, 2003, 12771367.
[2] http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/9/2449S, Young V, Ajami A, Glutamine: the emperor or his clothes?, J Nutr, Vol. 131, No. 9 Suppl, pp. 2449S-59S; discussion 2486S-7S, 2001, 11533293.

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