Glyoxylate cycle
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The glyoxylate cycle uses six of the eight enzymes associated with the tricarboxylic acid cycle: citrate synthase, aconitase, succinate dehydrogenase, fumarase, and malate dehydrogenase. | The glyoxylate cycle uses six of the eight enzymes associated with the tricarboxylic acid cycle: citrate synthase, aconitase, succinate dehydrogenase, fumarase, and malate dehydrogenase. | ||
| - | + | [[Citrate Synthase]] | |
4C <scene name='43/430893/Cv/3'>oxaloacetate</scene> to a 6C molecule <scene name='43/430893/Cv/4'>citrate</scene> | 4C <scene name='43/430893/Cv/3'>oxaloacetate</scene> to a 6C molecule <scene name='43/430893/Cv/4'>citrate</scene> | ||
| - | + | [[Aconitase]] | |
6C Citrate => 6C <scene name='43/430893/Cv/5'>cis-Aconitate</scene> | 6C Citrate => 6C <scene name='43/430893/Cv/5'>cis-Aconitate</scene> | ||
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6C ''cis''-Aconitate => 6C <scene name='43/430893/Cv/6'>Isocitrate</scene> | 6C ''cis''-Aconitate => 6C <scene name='43/430893/Cv/6'>Isocitrate</scene> | ||
| - | + | [[Succinate Dehydrogenase]] | |
<scene name='43/430893/Cv/10'>Succinate</scene> => <scene name='43/430893/Cv/11'>Fumarate</scene> | <scene name='43/430893/Cv/10'>Succinate</scene> => <scene name='43/430893/Cv/11'>Fumarate</scene> | ||
| + | [[Fumarase]] | ||
| + | Fumarate => <scene name='43/430893/Cv/12'>L-Malate</scene> | ||
| - | The two cycles differ in that in the glyoxylate cycle, isocitrate is converted into <scene name='93/939250/Cv/1'>glyoxylate</scene> and succinate by isocitrate lyase (ICL) instead of into α-ketoglutarate. | + | [[Malate dehydrogenase]] |
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| + | L-Malate => <scene name='43/430893/Cv/3'>oxaloacetate</scene> | ||
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| + | The two cycles differ in that in the glyoxylate cycle, <scene name='43/430893/Cv/6'>isocitrate</scene> is converted into <scene name='93/939250/Cv/1'>glyoxylate</scene> and <scene name='43/430893/Cv/10'>succinate</scene> by isocitrate lyase (ICL) instead of into α-ketoglutarate. This bypasses the decarboxylation steps that take place in the citric acid cycle, allowing simple carbon compounds to be used in the later synthesis of macromolecules, including glucose. Glyoxylate is subsequently combined with acetyl-CoA to produce malate, catalyzed by malate synthase. Malate is also formed in parallel from succinate by the action of succinate dehydrogenase and fumarase. | ||
*[[Malate synthase]] | *[[Malate synthase]] | ||
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