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Free amino acids are absorbed thru intestinal wall
via active transport.
Enter bloodstream and are brought to cells.
The total supply of free amino acids
available is called: the Amino Acid Pool.
3 sources of “free” amino acids:
1. Dietary protein breakdown
2. Biosynthesis of amino acids in the Liver
3. Protein turnover
Protein turnover is the breakdown & re-synthesis of body
protein:
• Old tissues
• Damage
• Recycling enzymes & hormones
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