Glucose and Acetate Metabolism by Isolated Sheep Wool Follicles

April 1965 in “ Archives of biochemistry and biophysics ”

R. A. Leng, SK Stephenson

sheep wool follicles acetate metabolism glucose metabolism aerobic glycolysis anaerobic glycolysis tricarboxylic acid cycle TCA cycle Embden-Meyerhof pathway pentose phosphate pathway lactic acid ribose DNA synthesis RNA synthesis wool follicles acetate glucose aerobic metabolism anaerobic metabolism Krebs cycle glycolysis PPP lactic acid ribose DNA RNA

Studysummary This study found that sheep wool follicles actively oxidize acetate and glucose, suggesting the involvement of the TCA cycle for compound synthesis and the potential role of the pentose phosphate pathway in ribose production for RNA and DNA.

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