Amino Acids

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[DirtyMedicine]

Errata: 5:10 the second T should say "Tryptophan" not "Tyrosine"

[MitchellBourne]

To remember the derivatives of Arginine, it's just all the ones with "R": aRginine --> cReatine, uRea, and nitRic oxide

[usmanzahid]

HARTNUP Disease:
AR : Autosomal Recessive
T: Tryptophan reabsorption impaired
N: Niacin deficiency
NU: Neutral amino acids in the Urine
P: Pellagra

[nathanfay]

For those of you who took Biochemistry in undergrad, you might have also learned Private Tim Hall (PVT TIM HALL) which also can work for the 9 essential AA's. Note that Arginine would be the 10th but it's only essential in children.

[albertocalle]

Thanks for the hints, I don't know if it could help somebody but I came up with a mnemonic on my own for mixed Aminoacids.
Ketogenic: you eat Lamb and Liver - Leucine / Lysine
Glucogenic: you eat Honey, Mango, Vanilla - Histidine, Methionine, Valine
Mixed: you eat Phun Threats until you get Tyred, fat and Isolated. - Phenilalanine, Threonine, Tyrosine and Isoleucine.

[stephaniepham]

I remember tryptophan derivatives like this:
B6/B2 = B3 (Niacin)
B6 - BH4 = seroTWOnin
Hope it helps!

[KayFlowidity]

1:15 Class in Session
1:55 Essentials/Acidic vs Basic
4:40 Keto vs Glucogenic
6:40 Phenylalanine
7:30 Tryptophan
8:30 Hartnup Disease
11:40 More Derivatives
13:45 BCAAs

[LULULEWSSS]

For mixed AA
THOR IS FEELING TIRED

THOR: THReonine
IS: ISOleucine
FEEling: PHENYLalanine
TIRed: TRYptophan

[yelsonahuja]

At 2:05 its supposed to be TRYPTOPHAN instead of TYROSINE.

[JustinMoreira]

Mixed:
Isolate - isoleucine
Three - threonine
Tyres - tyrosine
Phrom Alan - phenylalanine

[alhasanasaad]

They way I remember ketogenic/gluconeogenic AAs is that since they’re mixed, their names are longest (tryptophan, isoleucine, phenylalanine, threonine). Works for me, hope it helps.

[issacgeorgy]

Glucogenic aa- Met His Val-entine : so sweet!❤

[leslielara]

For Mixed amino acids: Brad PITT is Mixed: Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Threonine, Tryptophan

[rahuljalota]

To remember the Mixed group of amino acids, if you learned the Essential amino acids, the Glucogenic amino acids, and the Ketogenic amino acids, the Mixed amino acids are the remainder of the amino acids in the Essential amino acids that are not the Glucogenic or Ketogenic.

In other words, by process of elimination of the Glucogenic/Ketogenic amino acids from the Essential amino acids, you'll get the Mixed group.

[masacatior]

Tyr also can be made by the body BUT it is made from Phe by phenylalanine hydroxylase. So if you cut Phe, Tyr turns essential.

[alexcalimanc]

to remember mixed aa think brad PITTs diet: Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Threonine, Tyrosine

[annakoren]

Mixed falls into the PITT - Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Threonine, Tryptophan

[hutshutrules]

Mixed: three trips is loose fun: threonine, tryptophan, isoleucine phenylalanine

[andrewpleva]

Im not sure if this was done intentionally but when I was following your video I memorized the essential AA in the order you had them, then at 4:30 when you started to talk about the different ketogenic, glucogenic and mixed AA I saw a pattern. What I did was in the order that you listed the essential AA I made a pattern to which catogory they fall into, the first two into the mixed catagory, then one into the glucogenic back to mixed for another two, then ketogenic gets two and the last two go to glucogenic.

[harvey]

Basic amino acids can be remembered as HLA is the most BASIC thing to be known for organ transplant