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- remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
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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.