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Systemic amino acid homeostasis is maintained by exchanging essential amino acids for non-essential ones and transferring amino groups from oxidized amino acids to biosynthesis, minimizing net loss through oxidation.
Your body actively recycles amino acids. It swaps essential for non-essential ones and reuses nitrogen from broken-down proteins to make new ones. This minimizes the need to constantly eat protein, though essential amino acids must still be obtained from food.
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Homeostasis is achieved through exchange of essential amino acids with non-essential amino acids and the transfer of amino groups from oxidised amino acids to amino acid biosynthesis.
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Well-established biochemical principle cited in review.
Source
Amino acid homeostasis and signalling in mammalian cells and organisms
Stefan Bröer et al. · Biochemical Journal · 2017
DOI 10.1042/bcj20160822
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