P11.6: Draw a mechanism showing the formation of an imine linkage between the side-chain amine of lysine and alpha-ketobutyrate (this is the first step in the degradation of lysine). b) Explain how th...P11.6: Draw a mechanism showing the formation of an imine linkage between the side-chain amine of lysine and alpha-ketobutyrate (this is the first step in the degradation of lysine). b) Explain how the electronic effect of the oxygen substituent would slow down the hydrolysis step of the reaction, and why the rate of the hydrolysis step is more affected by the oxygen substitution than the S-alkylthiuronium-forming step.
