TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tricarboxylic acid cycle mean? 

• TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE (noun)
  The noun TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE has 1 sense:

1. in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy

  Familiarity information: TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

citric acid cycle; Krebs citric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle

Hypernyms ("tricarboxylic acid cycle" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Meronyms (parts of "tricarboxylic acid cycle"):

oxidative phosphorylation (an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP)

Holonyms ("tricarboxylic acid cycle" is a part of...):

metabolic process; metabolism (the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life)

 Context examples 

This gene is involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, urea cycle and amino acid metabolism.

(GOT2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in amino acid metabolism, the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the urea cycle.

(GOT1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes fumarate hydratase, mitochondrial protein, is involved in the progression of the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

(FH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)