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Trans-deamination (sum it up)

Most transaminases share a common substrate and
product (oxoglutarate and glutamate) with the enzyme
glutamate dehydrogenase.

This permits a combined N excretion pathway for
individual amino acids: "trans-deamination.”
Glutamate has a central role in the overall control of
nitrogen metabolism.

a.k.a.-ketoglutarate 245