Biology
Grade-10
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Question

On deamination, alanine gives pyruvic acid.

  1. True
  2. False

hintHint:

Deamination is the process of removal of the amino group from amino acids

The correct answer is 'True'.


    • Alanine gives pyruvic acid on deamination. 
    • It is the process of removal of the amino group from amino acids is known as delamination.
    • Alanine in presence of alanine deaminase gives pyruvic acid and ammonia as its deamination reaction products. 

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