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The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a system of enzymes in the mitochondrial matrix | {{MitoPedia | ||
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|description=The '''tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle''' is a system of enzymes in the mitochondrial matrix arranged in a cyclic metabolic structure, including dehydrogenases that converge in the NADH pool and [[succinate dehydrogenase]] (on the inner side of the inner mt-membrane) for entry into the membrane-bound ET pathway [[Membrane-bound ET pathway|mET pathway]]. [[Citrate synthase]] is a marker enzyme of the TCA cycle, at the gateway into the cycle from [[pyruvate]] via [[acetyl-CoA]]. It is thus the major module of the [[Electron transfer pathway]], upstream of the inner [[Membrane-bound ET pathway|Membrane-bound ET pathway]] (mET-pathway) and downstream of the [[Mitochondrial outer membrane|outer mt-membrane]]. Sections of TCA cycle are required for [[fatty acid oxidation]] (FAO, Ξ²-oxidation). [[Anaplerosis|Anaplerotic reactions]] fuel the TCA cycle with other intermediary metabolites. In the cell, the TCA cycle serves also biosynthetic functions by metabolite export from the matrix into the cytosol. | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:47, 1 January 2021
Description
The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a system of enzymes in the mitochondrial matrix arranged in a cyclic metabolic structure, including dehydrogenases that converge in the NADH pool and succinate dehydrogenase (on the inner side of the inner mt-membrane) for entry into the membrane-bound ET pathway mET pathway. Citrate synthase is a marker enzyme of the TCA cycle, at the gateway into the cycle from pyruvate via acetyl-CoA. It is thus the major module of the Electron transfer pathway, upstream of the inner Membrane-bound ET pathway (mET-pathway) and downstream of the outer mt-membrane. Sections of TCA cycle are required for fatty acid oxidation (FAO, Ξ²-oxidation). Anaplerotic reactions fuel the TCA cycle with other intermediary metabolites. In the cell, the TCA cycle serves also biosynthetic functions by metabolite export from the matrix into the cytosol.
Abbreviation: TCA cycle
Reference: Gnaiger 2020 BEC MitoPathways