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To discuss: Whether oxaloacetate can be obtained from acetyl CoA by using only enzymes and cofactors, where destruction of intermediates does not occur.
Introduction:
Citric acid cycle takes place in the anaerobic conditions. In the citric acid cycle, oxaloacetate combines with acetyl CoA and produces citrate. Oxaloacetate is obtained from the dehydrogenation of malate.
To explain: The methods of restoration of oxaloacetate which was lost from the cycle.
Introduction:
Anaplerotic reactions are the reactions which produce intermediates of a
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