It has been found that decanoic acid has a CVC at pH 7.2 of ~20 mM36, while the CVCs are still higher for nonanoic acid and octanoic acid37. The CVC has been shown to be lowered by the inclusion of hydrocarbons4, which are known to form by Fischer-Tropsch reactions under ...
The Tricarboxylic Acid (TCA) Cycle: ATP Production and Biosynthetic Activity Energy generation. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle has two major functions: generation of energy and biosynthesis of amino acids and other compounds. After entry into mitochondria via a monocarboxylic acid transporter, pyruv...
.carboxylic and w-1-hydroxy acid in these types of patients are Autopsy samples of livers for measurements of medium-chain formed, respectively, by w- and w-1-oxidation of the chain-length monocarboxylic acids were obtained from one patient with indi- corresponding monocarboxylic acids, which ...