anaplerotic
Speech parts
1. anaplerotic - Noun
2. anaplerotic - Adjective
Meaning
Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
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De-aminated alanine, cysteine, glycine, serine, and threonine are converted to pyruvate and can consequently either enter the citric acid cycle as oxaloacetate (an anaplerotic reaction) or as acetyl-CoA to be disposed of as CO 2 and water.
Hence the addition of any one of them to the cycle has an anaplerotic effect, and its removal has a cataplerotic effect.
Hence, the addition of any one of them to the cycle has an anaplerotic effect, and its removal has a cataplerotic effect.