Organic acids carbon derivation from breakdown

The acetyl-CoA used in the glyoxylate cycle is derived from the breakdown of fatty acids (/3-oxidation, see Chapter 12). In organisms with the appropriate enzymes, glucose can be produced from two-carbon compounds such as ethanol and acetate. In plants the reactions are localized within lipid bodies, glyoxysomes, mitochondria, and the cytoplasm. 

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