Oxidative Pathways Related to the Citric Acid Cycle

D. Oxidative Pathways Related to the Citric Acid Cycle... 

In plants and hacteria, there is a pathway related to the citric acid cycle the glyoxylate cycle. The two oxidative decarboxylations of the citric acid cycle are bypassed. This pathway plays a role in the ability of plants to convert acetyl-GoA to carbohydrates, a process that does not occur in animals. 

The nature of the pathways of hexose catabolism (section 2) was related to the phenotypic characteristics of the organisms, and it is clear that the form of the citric acid cycle employed can be similarly correlated. The three forms of the cycle (oxidative, reductive and partial) are discussed in turn. 

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