$$\ce{C₆H₁₃NO₂}$$

• Essential Amino Acid

• Branched Chain Amino Acid

• Ketogenic Amino Acid

• glucogenic-amino-acid

• Aliphatic Amino Acid

• Hydrophobic

• Metabolized primarily in

  • skeletal-muscle
  • not liver

• requires vitamin-b6 for metabolism

Backlinks

• Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor
  
  • 5 isoleucine
• Nerve Growth Factor
  
  • 6 isoleucine