Why can the body not store excess protein in the way it stores excess carbohydrate?

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Why can the body not store excess protein in the way it stores excess carbohydrate?

Accepted Answer

There is no store for amino acids, so surplus is deaminated in the liver to urea — Award 1 mark. The liver removes the nitrogen as urea, excreted by the kidneys, and the rest can be respired or turned into fat; protein is digested and absorbed normally.

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Excess protein passes through the gut undigested

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Amino acids are destroyed by acid in the stomach

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There is no store for amino acids, so surplus is deaminated in the liver to urea

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Protein is absorbed too slowly for any of it to build up

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