I tēnei wā, he nui ngā pāmu pōkai i te ao katoa e whakamāhi ana i ngā kai e whai ana i te āhua o te kōnini me te pāpā kōhia. I te whakamātautau i ngā hāngā o ngā amino acid e hiahiatia ana e ngā pōkai, ko ngā amino acid lysine me methionine ngā tuatahi me ngā tuarua e kore e taea te whānui i tēnei āhua o te kai kōnini-pāpā kōhia; nō reira, he rite tonu te hāngā o tā rātou tāpiri.
Ko ngā amino acid e hiahiatia ana e ngā pōkai ko ngā lysine, methionine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, me te threonine. Ko te pāpā kōhia he maha ngā lysine me ngā tryptophan, ā, ko te kōnini he maha ngā methionine; nō reira, i te whakamāhi i te kōnini me te pāpā kōhia, ka taea te whakamāhi i ngā amino acid hei whakamārama kia rite, ā, ka eke i tēnei i tēnei hāngā o te oranga.

He rerekētanga i ngā amino acid āhua matua e hāngai ana ki te whakamānu i te whakamātautau o ngā kōpū protein. Ko tēnei, i tēnā wā, e whakamātau ana i tēnei huinga o ngā raruraru mō te whakamātautau o ngā kōpū protein me ngā whakamātautau o ngā enzyme pāhine i roto i te tinana. Ko te tohu matua o ēnei rerekētanga ko te iti o te whananga, ā, i ngā whāinga pūmau, ka hāngai anō ki ngā raruraru o te whakamātautau.
Ko te lysine he whakamāhi nui hei whakamātautau o ngā kōpū protein ā, he iti ngā mahi o tēnei i ngā hākinakina whakamātautau. Ko te methionine, i tēnā wā, he mahi pūmau ake; ā, i tēnā i tāna whakamāhi hei whakamātautau o ngā kōpū protein, he pānga hoki ia ki te whakamātautau o ngā taputapu e whai ana i te sulfur i roto i te tinana. I tēnā anō, ka whakamāhi te methionine i ōna rōpū methyl hei whakamātautau i ngā taonga kino, i ngā rongoā rānei, kia whakamānu ai te whakamātautau.