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Select an outlined amino-acid label in the diagram to open that specific pathway. Each page shows the intermediates, enzymes and supporting inputs. The directory below provides the same links.

Text pathway directory ↓
Clickable central carbon and amino-acid pathwaysBook overview with linked amino-acid labels. Select a highlighted label to open its individual biosynthetic pathway.Phenylalanine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesTyrosine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesTryptophan biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesAlanine from pyruvate · click for intermediates and enzymesLeucine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesValine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesSerine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesGlycine from serine · click for intermediates and enzymesCysteine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesAsparagine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesAspartate from oxaloacetate · click for intermediates and enzymesThreonine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesMethionine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesIsoleucine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesLysine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesGlutamine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesGlutamate and nitrogen assimilation · click for intermediates and enzymesProline biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesArginine biosynthesis · click for intermediates and enzymesGlycine from serine · click for intermediates and enzymesFatty-acid and phospholipid synthesisPurine nucleotide synthesisPyrimidine nucleotide synthesis

Underlying image: X-ray of Life, Volume II, p. 242. It is a general metabolic overview. The oxidative cycle, steroid branch and threonine-to-isoleucine connection in the book are not a species-specific Aquifex reconstruction. Linked pages distinguish representative routes and alternatives. The steroid label is intentionally not presented as an Aquifex pathway.

Individual amino-acid pathways

Other labeled branches

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