Isocitric Acid


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isocitric acid

[¦ī·sə¦si·trik ′as·əd]
(biochemistry)
HOOCCH2CH(COOH)CH(OH)COOH An isomer of citric acid that is involved in the Krebs tricarboxylic acid cycle in bacteria and plants.
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Isocitric Acid

 

an organic tricarboxylic acid; one of the intermediate substrates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

Isocitric acid forms in an organism from citric acid and cisaconitic acid as a result of enzymatic conversion. With involvement of the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase, isocitric acid is converted, through oxalosuccinic acid, to α-ketoglutaric acid. With the aid of the enzyme isocitratelyase in the glyoxalate cycle, isocitric acid decomposes to succinic and glyoxylic acids.

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For example, both citric and isocitric acids show a main product ion with m/z 111 corresponding to [[M-H-C[O.sub.2]-2 [H.sub.2]O].sup.-]; however, isocitric acid also gives rise to a relatively stable product ion with m/z 155 corresponding to the neutral loss of two water molecules.
Development of a LC-MS/MS Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Intermediates in a Range of Biological Matrices

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