Stoichiometric estimates of the biochemical conversion efficiencies in tsetse metabolism

BMC Ecology

Table 5 Amino acids used to form acetyl-CoA

Amino Acid	To Acetyl-CoA mol	Acetyl-CoA mol	ATP Gain mol	CO₂ released mol	0₂ used mol
Alanine	0.50	0.50	1.25	0.50	0.25
Aspartic Acid	9.50	9.50	33.25	19.00	4.75
Glutamic Acid	3.04	3.04	33.42	9.11	6.08
Leucine	12.90	38.70	38.70	0.00	12.90
Lysine	9.40	18.80	84.60	18.80	18.80
(Phenylalinine)	6.50	13.00	(Added to energetic catabolism.)
Threonine	5.20	7.80	9.10	5.20	3.90
Tryptophan	0.20	0.40	0.80	0.80	0.80
(Tyrosine)	3.10	6.20	(Added to energetic catabolism.)
Totals		97.94	200.32	52.61	46.68

The amino acids from the bloodmeal assigned in this analysis to the synthesis of acetyl-CoA for the fatty acid chains of the fat molecule. Phenylalinine and tyrosine yield a mixture of Krebs cycle products as shown in figure 1 and only the fractions yielding acetyl-CoA are considered here, the other fractions are considered in the synthesis of ATP presented below. Tryptophan is catabolized into both the pyruvate described above and an acetyl-CoA fraction included in this table.

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