Metabolic Pathways
An overview of primary biochemical pathways and how their products are connected.
Metabolic Pathways
by Mackailyn Arnason
1. Fatty-Acids
1.1. Beta-Oxidation
1.1.1. Acetyl-CoA
1.2. Fatty-Acid Biosynthesis
1.2.1. 2 NADP+
1.3. Ketone Bodies: Acetoacetate or β-hydroxybutyrate
1.3.1. 2 Acetyl CoA
1.3.2. Succinate
2. Nitrogen-Compounds
2.1. Nucleotide Catabolism
2.1.1. NH3
2.1.2. Carbon Skeleton
2.1.2.1. Glucose
2.1.2.2. Acetyl-CoA
2.1.2.3. Ketone Bodies
2.1.3. Pyrimidine degradation
2.1.3.1. Malonyl CoA
2.1.3.2. Ribose-1-phosphate
2.1.4. Purine degradation
2.1.4.1. Uric Acid
2.1.4.2. Ribose-1-phosphate
2.2. Nucleotide Biosynthesis
2.2.1. Purine Synthesis
2.2.2. Pyrimidine Synthesis
2.3. Urea Cycle
2.3.1. Fumarate
2.4. Alkaloids
3. Fermentation
3.1. NAD+
3.2. Lactic acid
3.3. Ethanol + CO2
4. Oxidative Phosphorylation
4.1. Complex I
4.1.1. 2.5 ATP
4.2. Complex II (Succinate Dehydrogenase)
4.2.1. 1.5 ATP
5. TCA
5.1. 3 NADH
5.2. FADH2
5.3. ATP/GTP
5.4. 2 CO2
6. Glucose
6.1. Glycolysis
6.1.1. 2 Pyruvate
6.1.2. 2 NADH
6.1.3. 4 ATP
6.1.4. DHAP
6.2. Pentose Phosphate Pathway
6.2.1. GAP
6.2.2. NADPH
7. Photosynthesis
7.1. Photophosphorylation
7.1.1. ATP synthesis
7.2. Calvin Cycle
7.2.1. Sugars