The following points highlight the top five metabolic significance of hexose monophosphate shunt. 1. CO2 is the characteristic product in this pathway which is not formed in Embden- Meyerhof pathway. This product is utilized for the synthesis of fatty acid and purine bases etc. 2. The reduced NADP (NADPH) formed in this pathway is used in the synthesis of fatty [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Metabolic Reaction and Importance of Glucuronic Acid. Metabolic Reactions of Glucuronic Acid: 1. Glucose-6-phosphate is converted to glucose-1-phosphate by phosphoglucomutase. The product then reacts with UTP to form UDPG by the help of the enzyme UDPG pyrophosphorylase. 2. UDPG is oxidized to uridine di-phospho-glucuronic acid by UDPG dehydrogenase in presence of NAD+. [...]
The below mentioned article provides a short note on the Oxidation of Fatty Acids. Introduction to Oxidation of Fatty Acids: Fatty acids are oxidized by β-, α- and ω-oxidation. Quantitatively, β-oxidation is the most important pathway. The term β-oxidation means the oxidation takes place in the β-carbon of the fatty acid with the removal of 2 carbon atoms at a [...]