The Biology Project: Cell Biology

Nutrition Tutorial

Problem 3: Essential Amino Acids

Does the ingestion of a meal deficient in lysine followed one hour later by a supplement of lysine satisfy our requirement for essential amino acids in our diet?

Yes, once the essential amino acid is present then we can synthesize the necessary proteins. The other amino acids are simply stored until the complete complement of all the necessary amino acids is present.
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