Pyridoxal-phosphate molecules {vitamin B6} {pyridoxine} can carry amino acids across intestinal and blood-vessel walls, carry amino groups in deaminations and aminations, transfer sulfur in sulfur-containing amino acids, remove carbon dioxide in decarboxylations, and form red blood cells. Vitamin B6 helps synthesize niacin, porphyrin, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid, histamine, norepinephrine, folic acid, unsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol, bile acids, acetylcholine, and glucose from glycogen. Low vitamin B6 causes low energy.
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