amino acids (gluconeogenesis)
Last reviewed 01/2018
The entry of amino acids into gluconeogenesis is dependent on enzymes specific to individual compounds. Amino acids which can be interconverted to glucose are described as gluconeogenic and include:
- arginine
- aspartate
- glutamate
- histidine
- isoleucine
- methionine
- phenylalanine
- proline
- tyrosine
- valine
- threonine
Conversion occurs at time of stresses such as prolonged starvation.