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Α-ketobutyrate
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Alpha-ketobutyric acid is a product of the lysis of cystathionine.
It is also one of the degradation products of threonine.
It can be converted to propionyl-CoA (and subsequently methylmalonyl CoA, which can be converted to succinyl CoA, a CAC intermediate), and thus enter the citric acid cycle.