tricarboxylic acid
1Tricarboxylic acid — A tricarboxylic acid is an organic carboxylic acid whose chemical structure contains three carboxyl functional groups ( COOH). The best known example of a tricarboxylic acid is citric acid. Examples * Citric acid * Isocitric acid * Aconitic acid… …
2tricarboxylic acid — trikarboksirūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė R(COOH)₃ atitikmenys: angl. tricarboxylic acid rus. трикарбоновая кислота …
3tricarboxylic acid cycle — tricarboxylic acid cycle. См. цикл Кребса. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
4tricarboxylic acid cycle — tri·car·box·yl·ic acid cycle .trī .kär .bäk .sil ik n KREBS CYCLE * * * the final common pathway for the oxidation to CO2 of fuel molecules, most of which enter the cycle as acetyl coenzyme A; it also provides intermediates for biosynthetic… …
5tricarboxylic acid cycle — trikarboksirūgščių ciklas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Baltymų, riebalų ir angliavandenių oksidacinio skaidymo organizme ciklas. atitikmenys: angl. citric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle rus. цикл Кребса; цикл лимонной… …
6tricarboxylic acid — noun An organic carboxylic acid whose chemical structure contains three carboxyl functional groups, the best known example being citric acid …
7tricarboxylic 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… …
8tricarboxylic acid cycle — /traɪˌkabɒkˈsɪlɪk/ (say truy.kahbok silik) noun a cyclic system of reactions, occurring in almost all living cells, whereby pyruvic acid is metabolised to carbon dioxide, and the energy thereby liberated is trapped as chemical energy for use in… …
9tricarboxylic acid cycle — noun in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy • Syn: ↑Krebs cycle, ↑Krebs… …
10tricarboxylic 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.… …
