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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what typically happens to amino acids once they arrive in a cell?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

aminoacids has many functions like they are monomer units for making proteins , they help maintaining pH , they act as amine providing group .......

OpenStudy (anonymous):

When a cell requires more of a specific protein, messenger RNA is made from the gene for that protein and during translation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so once when aminoacid enters the mostly it is used for protein synthesis

OpenStudy (anonymous):

^That's most likely what happens! There are other uses, sure - in neurons, glutamate gets turned into GABA, which is a neurotransmitter, for example. Glutamate and glycine are also directly used as NTs.

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