Threonine
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Threonine is an essential amino acid most commonly broken down by threonine aldolase to glycine and acetaldehyde, which is further converted to acetate and acetyl-CoA. Its L-form is a biogenic amino acid, one of the basic building blocks of proteins. Threonine is a polar amino acid with two chiral carbons.
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- MATOUŠ, Bohuslav. Základy lékařské chemie a biochemie. 2010. edition. Galen, 2010. 0 pp. ISBN 978-80-7262-702-8.
