Citric acid cycle
The citric acid cycle is a key metabolic pathway that connects carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism. The reactions of the cycle are carried out by eight enzymes that completely oxidize acetate (a two carbon molecule), in the form of acetyl-CoA, into two molecules each of carbon dioxide and water.
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Course Material
- Metabolic functions of water
- Metabolism of carbohydrates: classification, digestion, absorption and utilization in monogastric and ruminant animals
- Glycolysis
- Lactic acid and volatile fatty acid fermentation
- Citric acid cycle
- Pentose phosphate pathway
- Gluconeogenesis, glycogenesis and glycogenolysis
- Metabolism of Lipids: classification, digestion, absorption and utilization in monogastric and ruminant animals
- Beta oxidation of fatty acids
- Fate of glycerol with respect of fat synthesis, glucose/glycogen synthesis and its oxidation, storage of fat, catabolism of fat and ketosis
- Metabolism of proteins: classification, digestion, absorption and utilization in monogastric and ruminant animals
- Essential and non-essential amino acids, protein quality
- Fate of absorbed amino acids, transamination, deamination, deamidation, transmethylation, decarboxylation and interconversion of amino acids
- Transmethylation, decarboxylation and interconversion of amino acids
- Utilization of non-protein nitrogenous compounds in ruminants
- Utilization of non-protein nitrogenous compounds in ruminants
- Chapters 16
- Department Animal Sciences
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