LIST OF GLUCOGENIC AND KETOGENIC AMINO ACIDS AND THEIR BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS


Glucogenic amino acids

Ketogenic amino acids

Both glucogenic and ketogenic amino acids

Amino acid

Product

Amino acid

Product

Amino acid

Product

Alanine

Serine

Pyruvate

Leucine

Acetoacetate

Phenylalanine

Tyrosine

Fumarate

Acetoacetate

Glycine

Pyruvate

Succinate

 

 

Isoleucine

Propynyl CoA

Acetyl CoA

Threonine Valine

Propionate





Proline

Histidine

Arginine

Lysine (glutamic acid)

Ketoglutarate

 

 

 

 

Cystine

Hydroxyproline

Aspartic acid

Pyruvate

Oxaloacetate