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A ketogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be degraded directly into acetyl CoA which is the precursor of ketone bodies. This is in contrast to the glucogenic amino acids, which are converted into glucose. Ketogenic amino acids are unable to be converted to glucose as both carbon atoms in the ketone body are ultimately degraded to carbon dioxide in the citric acid cycle. In humans, two amino acids are exclusively ketogenic: (remembered as all the "L" amino acids) * leucine * lysine In humans, five amino acids are both ketogenic and glucogenic: (remembered by the useful mnemonic "PITTT" or "FITTT", and includes all the "T" AA's) * isoleucine * phenylalanine (abbreviated Phe or F, in contrast to Proline which is Pro or P, based on their respective pronunciations) * tryptophan * tyrosine * threonine In humans, the remaining thirteen amino acids are exclusively glucogenic (i.e. are not ketogenic). ==See also== * Glucogenic amino acid * List of standard amino acids * Ketogenesis * Metabolism 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ketogenic amino acid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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