PPI for final demand falls 0.1% in December; services decrease 0.2%, goods unchanged 01/11/2018 The Producer Price Index for final demand fell 0.1 percent in December, as prices for final demand services decreased 0.2 percent and the index for final demand goods was unchanged. The final demand index climbed 2.6 percent in 2017.
Biological roles: 1. Amino acids can be metabolized to produce energy. This is especially. important during fasting, when the breakdown of muscle protein is a major. source of energy and biosynthetic precursors. 2. Some amino acids act as neurotransmitters, and some act as starting.
Glycogenic amino acids are converted to carbohydrates by gluconeogenesis, and ketogenic amino acids may be metabolized to acetyl CoA, utilized in the Krebs cycle or converted to fats; thus, the energy content is not wasted.