Transamination of pyruvate with glutamate leads to:: (A) Oxaloacetate and aspartate, (B) Alanine and aspartate, (C) Oxaloacetate and alpha ketoglutarate, (D) Alanine and alpha ketoglutarate
Answer is D. Transamination, a chemical reaction that transfers an amino group to a ketoacid to form new amino acids. This pathway is responsible for the deamination of most amino acids.