Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, commonly known as ELISA (or EIA), is similar in principle to RIA but depends on an enzyme rather than a radioactive label. 

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Gluconeogenesis occurs in all animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. The reactions are essentially the same in all tissues and all species.

The important precursors of glucose in animals are three-carbon compounds such as lactate, pyruvate, and glycerol, as well as certain amino acids

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

In mammals, gluconeogenesis takes place mainly in the liver, and to a lesser extent in renal cortex and in the epithelial cells that line the inside of the small intestine.

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Amino acids can undergo net conversion to glucose and are said to be glucogenic

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Transketolase catalyzes the transfer of a two carbon fragment from a ketose donor to an aldose acceptor with TPP

Transaldolase catalyses the transfer of a 3 carbon fragment