tricarboxylic acid cycle
n. Krebs cycle, citric acid cycle, sequence of chemical reactions of utmost significance in all living aerobic organisms that use oxygen as part of cellular respiration | ||||
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tricarboxylic acid cycle
Noun
1. in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
(synonym) Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(part-holonym) metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
(part-meronym) oxidative phosphorylation
Noun
1. in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
(synonym) Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(part-holonym) metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
(part-meronym) oxidative phosphorylation
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tricarboxylic acid cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle
n : in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy [syn: krebs cycle, krebs citric acid cycle , citric acid cycle]
tricarboxylic acid cycle
n : in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy [syn: krebs cycle, krebs citric acid cycle , citric acid cycle]
Tricarboxylic acid cycle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Citric acid cycle
The citric acid cycle, also known as the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, the Krebs cycle, or Szent-Györgyi-Krebs cycle (after Hans Adolf Krebs and Albert Szent-Györgyi who first determined the chemical intermediates and reaction sequence of the cycle), is a series of enzyme-catalysed chemical reactions of central importance in all living cells that use oxygen as part of cellular respiration. In aerobic organisms, the citric acid cycle is part of a metabolic pathway involved in the chemical conversion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins into carbon dioxide and water to generate a form of usable energy. It is the third of four metabolic pathways that are involved in carbohydrate catabolism and ATP production, the other three being glycolysis and pyruvate oxidation before it, and electron transport chain after it.
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