The Glyoxylate Cycle Is

question 28

Multiple Choice

The glyoxylate cycle is:

• A) a means of using acetate for both energy and biosynthetic precursors.
• B) an alternative path of glucose metabolism in cells that do not have enough O₂.
• C) defective in people with phenylketonuria.
• D) is not active in a mammalian liver.
• E) the most direct way of providing the precursors for synthesis of nucleic acids (e.g., ribose).

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