• Once you break down these amino acids, you get a group of metabolites that are formed
• 7 Carbon skeleton metabolites: pyruvate, acetyl CoA, acetoacetyl CoA, alpha-ketoglutarate, succinyl CoA, Fumarate, Oxaloacetate
• Anabolic precursors
• Energy production

Glucose

Acetyl CoA

TCA Cycle intermediates

• Liver likes to break down carbon skeletons

We can use catabolism to yield energy

Can be used as Anabolic precursors

Available for ketone body generation or made into glucose

Some are ketogenic, glucogenic, or both (ketone bodies or glucose)