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Chapter 23: Q34E (page 783)

Leucine, one of the twenty amino acids found in proteins, is metabolized by a pathway that includes the following step. Propose a mechanism.

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The leucine is metabolized by the given pathway.

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Leucine

Leucine is one of the twenty amino acids found in proteins.

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Mechanism

The mechanism for the given reaction is,

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