Oxidative deamination

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Oxidative deamination is a form of deamination that generates oxoacids in the liver.

The presence of nitrous acid can cause transition mutations, by converting cytosine to uracil.^[1][2]

Contents 1 In Urea cycle 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] In Urea cycle

Glutamate is the only amino acid that undergoes rapid oxidative deamination. This process leads to 2 toxic products:

• Hydrogen Peroxide
• Ammonia.

[edit] See also

• Monoamine oxidase

[edit] References

1. ^ Mutations & Mutagenesis
2. ^ Molecules and cancer

[edit] External links

• -1449525189 at GPnotebook
• Diagram at elmhurst.edu