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Term Name | tricarboxylic acid cycle |
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Term Accession | GO:0006099 |
Aspect | biological_process |
Synonyms (3) | citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle, TCA cycle |
Definition | A nearly universal metabolic pathway in which the acetyl group of acetyl coenzyme A is effectively oxidized to two CO2 and four pairs of electrons are transferred to coenzymes. The acetyl group combines with oxaloacetate to form citrate, which undergoes successive transformations to isocitrate, 2-oxoglutarate, succinyl-CoA, succinate, fumarate, malate, and oxaloacetate again, thus completing the cycle. In eukaryotes the tricarboxylic acid is confined to the mitochondria. See also glyoxylate cycle. |
Comment | None |
Source Ontology Database | The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database |
ISBN: | 0198506732 |
MetaCyc: | P105-PWY |
MetaCyc: | P42-PWY |
MetaCyc: | TCA |
Reactome: | REACT_101296 |
Reactome: | REACT_101797 |
Reactome: | REACT_105180 |
Reactome: | REACT_110534 |
Reactome: | REACT_110779 |
Reactome: | REACT_115536 |
Reactome: | REACT_1785 |
Reactome: | REACT_33923 |
Reactome: | REACT_54425 |
Reactome: | REACT_81042 |
Reactome: | REACT_82509 |
Reactome: | REACT_82906 |
Reactome: | REACT_83116 |
Reactome: | REACT_83923 |
Reactome: | REACT_84181 |
Reactome: | REACT_85849 |
Reactome: | REACT_89038 |
Reactome: | REACT_89851 |
Reactome: | REACT_90664 |
Reactome: | REACT_94857 |
Reactome: | REACT_98104 |
Reactome: | REACT_98794 |
Wikipedia: | Tricarboxylic_acid_cycle |