Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry - Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Biosynthesis

	Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Biosynthesis
	The 3-D version of this pathway doesn't yet exist.


	Overall Reactions for the Pathway
	Chorismate + L-Glutamate + H⁺	`--->`	L-Phenylalanine + a-Ketoglutarate + CO₂ + H₂O
	Chorismate + L-Glutamate + NAD⁺ + H⁺	`--->`	L-Tyrosine + a-Ketoglutarate + NADH + CO₂ + H₂O


	Chorismate

Chorismate mutase


	Prephenate

Prephenate dehydratase

CO₂, H₂O

NAD⁺

Prephenate dehydrogenase

NADH, H⁺, CO₂


Phenylpyruvate		p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate

L-Glu

a-KG

Tyrosine transaminase

L-Glu

a-KG


L-Phenylalanine		L-Tyrosine


	[The Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry] - [Copyright © 1998 Karl J. Miller.]