PROTEIN METAB - revision 2

Entry points for entry into TCA cycle

This enzyme fills a gap (anaplerotic) that occurs when oxaloacetate is taken away to form protein in a growing cell

Leaves mitochondria to enter cytoplasm to continue urea cycle

Examples of ketogenic amino acids

Amphibolic pathway

Anaplerotic reaction is also 1st step of ______ pathway

A pathway that occurs in both mitochondria and cytoplasm

Urea cycle

Leucine, Lysine

GLuconeogenesis

Citrulline

Acetyl CoA, a-ketoglutarate, succinyl CoA, oxaloacetate

TCA cycle

Pyruvate carboxylase