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Amino acids are not stored in the body. Describe how excess amino acids are processed in the cell.
Amino acids are not stored in the body. The individual amino acids are broken down into pyruvate, acetyl CoA, or intermediates of the Krebs cycle, and used for energy or for lipogenesis reactions to be stored as fats.
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