Definition of Glyoxylate cycle

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A series of metabolic reactions by which many different organisms utilise fats for the synthesis of carbohydrates ¹

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Medical Definition of Glyoxylate cycle

1. Metabolic pathway present in bacteria and in the glyoxisome of plants, in which two acetyl CoA molecules are converted to a 4 carbon dicarboxylic acid, initially succinate. Includes two enzymes not found elsewhere, isocitrate lyase and malate synthase. Permits net synthesis of carbohydrates from lipid and hence is prominent in those seeds in which lipid is the principal food reserve. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glyoxylate Cycle

glyoxalase
glyoxalases
glyoxalate
glyoxalates
glyoxalic
glyoxalic acid
glyoxaline
glyoxalines
glyoxals
glyoxime
glyoximes
glyoxisome
glyoxisomes
glyoxylate
glyoxylate aminotransferase
glyoxylate cycle
glyoxylate cycles
glyoxylate synthetase
glyoxylate transacetylase
glyoxylates
glyoxyldiureide
glyoxylic
glyoxylic acid
glyoxylic acid cycle
glyoxysome
glyoxysomes
glype
glypes
glyph
glyphic

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