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decarboxylate

VERB
  1. remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
  2. lose a carboxyl group
    the compound decarboxylated

How To Use decarboxylate In A Sentence

  • In this compartment, called the matrix, the pyruvic acid is decarboxylated to a two-carbon acetyl group, releasing a CO 2 molecule, and is enzymatically joined to Coenzyme A, a large carrier molecule.
  • After electron transfer the product decarboxylates resulting in a ketylbiradical III that has a life time of about 4 s, long enough to reduce oxygen to superoxide.
  • Pyruvate is first decarboxylated to produce acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide, catalyzed by pyruvate decarboxylase.
  • Coproporphyrinogen III is transported to the interior of the mitochondrion, where 2 propionate residues are decarboxylated, yielding vinyl substituents on the 2 pyrrole rings.
  • Malate formed by PEPC can either be used in the citric acid cycle or it can be decarboxylated to provide pyruvate and subsequently acetyl-CoA.
  • This ATP is not consumed if pyruvate is oxidatively decarboxylated directly to acetyl-coenzyme A to enter the citric acid cycle directly dashed arrow to the right. Evolution of alcohol synthesis - The Panda's Thumb
  • Thus, malate produced following PEP carboxylation is readily decarboxylated and the CO 2 released.
  • the compound decarboxylated
  • Thus, malate produced following PEP carboxylation is readily decarboxylated and the CO 2 released.
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