| Term: | skeletal muscle tricarboxylic acid cycle |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | skeletal muscle |
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| Definition: | Muscle, composed of long cylindrical, multinucleated cells that attaches to the skeleton via tendons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005277] |
| Name: | tricarboxylic acid cycle |
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| Synonyms: | citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle, oxidative TCA cycle, TCA cycle |
| Definition: | A nearly universal metabolic pathway in which the acetyl group of acetyl coenzyme A is effectively oxidized to two CO2 and four pairs of electrons are transferred to coenzymes. The acetyl group combines with oxaloacetate to form citrate, which undergoes successive transformations to isocitrate, 2-oxoglutarate, succinyl-CoA, succinate, fumarate, malate, and oxaloacetate again, thus completing the cycle. In eukaryotes the tricarboxylic acid is confined to the mitochondria. See also glyoxylate cycle. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006099] QuickGO AmiGO |