TCA cycle
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TCA — may refer to:In chemistry: * Trichloroethane, organochloride solvent * Trichloroacetic acid, chemical used to precipitate protein in serum * TCA, an abbreviation for tricyclic antidepressant, a class of anti depressant drugs * TCA, or 2,4,6… … Wikipedia
TCA — (Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle) Krebs cycle, citric acid cycle, sequence of chemical reactions of utmost significance in all living aerobic organisms that use oxygen as part of cellular respiration … English contemporary dictionary
tricarboxylic acid cycle — (= TCA cycle; citric acid cycle; Krebs cycle) The central feature of oxidative metabolism. Cyclic reactions whereby acetyl CoA is oxidized to carbon dioxide providing reducing equivalents (NADH or FADH2 ) to power the electron transport chain.… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Citric acid cycle — Overview of the citric acid cycle The citric acid cycle also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), the Krebs cycle, or the Szent Györgyi Krebs cycle[1] … Wikipedia
tricarboxylic acid cycle — Biochem. See Krebs cycle. [1940 45] * * * or Krebs cycle or citric acid cycle Last stage of the chemical processes by which living cells obtain energy from foodstuffs. Described by Hans Adolf Krebs in 1937, the reactions of the cycle have been… … Universalium
Glyoxylate cycle — The glyoxylate cycle is a metabolic pathway occurring in plants, certain vertebrates, and several microorganisms, such as E. coli and yeast.The glyoxylate cycle allows these organisms to use fats for the synthesis of carbohydrates. This sequence… … Wikipedia
Urea cycle — The urea cycle (also known as the ornithine cycle) is a cycle of biochemical reactions occurring in many animals that produces urea ((NH2)2CO) from ammonia (NH3). This cycle was the first metabolic cycle discovered (Hans Krebs and Kurt Henseleit … Wikipedia
Reverse Krebs cycle — The reverse Krebs cycle (also known as the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle, the reverse TCA cycle, or the reverse citric acid cycle) is a sequence of chemical reactions that are used by some bacteria to produce carbon compounds from carbon… … Wikipedia
tricarboxylic acid cycle — (TCA) The cycle that oxidizes acetyl coenzyme A to CO2 and generates NADH and FADH2 for oxidation in the electron transport chain; the cycle also supplies carbon skeletons for biosynthesis … Dictionary of microbiology
citric acid cycle — n. Krebs cycle, TCA, Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle, sequence of chemical reactions of utmost significance in all living aerobic organisms that use oxygen as part of cellular respiration … English contemporary dictionary
