Uronic acid pathway
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this lesson, students should be able to:
- Describe the uronic acid pathway and its regulation
- Describe the importance of the synthesis of glucuronic acid (for conjugation reactions and (in animals for which it is not a vitamin) vitamin C).
- Explain the consequences of genetic defects of the uronic acid pathway
Course Material
- Overview of Metabolism & the Provision of Metabolic Fuels
- Glycolysis & the Oxidation of Pyruvate
- The Citric Acid Cycle: The Central Pathway of Carbohydrate, Lipid, & Amino Acid Metabolism
- Gluconeogenesis & the Control of Blood Glucose
- Metabolism of Glycogen
- The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
- Other Pathways of Hexose Metabolism
- Uronic acid pathway
- Alcohol Metabolism
- Regulation of blood glucose level
- Chapters 10
- Department Biochemistry
- Teacher
Dr. Shoaib Ahmad Malik
