Question

what is deamination and where does it occur?

Answer 1

In the human body, deamination takes place primarily in the liver, however glutamate is also deaminated in the kidneys. In situations of excess protein intake, deamination is used to break down amino acids for energy. The amino group is removed from the amino acid and converted to ammonia.

Answer 2

Answer :-

In general terms, "Deamination" can be defined as the process which promotes the usage of excess of amino acids which cannot be incorporated into the protoplasm.

Deamination mainly takes place in the liver cells.

Extra Information :-

• Deamination is referred to as the removal of surplus of proteins and amino acids.

• Deamination is also described as the removal of amino group from the carboxyl group.

• Deamination leads to the formation of ammonia and keto acid.

• The process of deamination is further classified into two types, namely- "Oxidative deamination" and "Hydrolytic deamination".