101 Worksheet: Significance of Amino Acids Amino Acid ConceptApplication Essenti

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101 Worksheet: Significance of Amino Acids Amino Acid ConceptApplication Essential Must be provided to the body in that form; absence is incompatible with life Can be made by the body using other sources In times of stress and/or growth and maturation events, non-essential amino acids Non-essential Conditionally required now become essential to the body Sequencing errors Congenital disease such as sickle cell anemia is an example of a genetic disease arising from alterations in genetic coding (amino acid substitution) For each of the following elinical examples,indicate whether the client is at risk to develop a problem related to amino acids. Client Newborn baby Essential Conditionally Sequencing Error Non-Essential Required diagnosed with PKU Elderly female diagnosed with PEM Adult male client with partial thickness burns over 20% BSA

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In Phenylketonuria (PKU), lack of enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase due to genetic mutations leads to accumulation of phenylalanine in blood.

So PKU in new born fall in category sequencing error.

PEM ( protein energy malnutrition) in elderly women occur due to protein deficiency. Both essential and non essential amino acids are required in protein synthesis and their deficiency indirectly cause protein deficiency.

So PEM in elderly women falls in category of essential and non essential.

Adult male with partial thickness burns over 20% BSA falls in category of conditionally required

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