Ketonic bodie metabolism

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Reverse way: ketone bodies to acetyl-CoA conversion

D-3-hydroxy-butyrate

3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase

D-lactate

3-oxoacid-CoA transferase

Acetoacetyl-Coa

acetyl-CoA acetyl transferase

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2

acetyl-CoA acetyl transferase

Acetoacetyl-CoA

Acetyl-CoA + H₂O

hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl-CoA synthase

b-hydroxy-b-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA)

3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase

D-lactate

D-3-hydroxy-butyrate

Ketone Bodies Metabolism

aceto-acetate decarboxylase

only unicellular organisms contain this enzyme (but the step can proceed non-enzymatically)

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