Now we're going to discuss how we can transform five of the 20 amino acids into a five carbon intermediate molecule we call alpha ketoglutrate. Now, remember that alpha ketoglutrate is actually intermediate of the citric acid cycle. And what that means is when our liver, our, or hepatitocytes metabolize these five amino acids glutamate, glutamine, arginine, proline, or histidine, they ultimately form alpha key glutrate, which is then transformed into oxalo acetate. And the oxalo acetate can be used in gluconeogenesis to generate sugar molecules, glucose. And so that's exactly why these five amino acids are labeled as glucogenic. So the strategy here is as follows.