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GO: Biological Process

malate-aspartate shuttle

Term ID
GO:0043490
Synonyms
  • malate aspartate shuttle
  • malate/aspartate shuttle
  • malate:aspartate shuttle
Definition
The process of transferring reducing equivalents from the cytosol into the mitochondria; NADH is used to synthesize malate in the cytosol; this compound is then transported into the mitochondria where it is converted to oxaloacetate using NADH, the oxaloacetate reacts with gluamate to form aspartate, and the aspartate then returns to the cytosol to complete the cycle. 0716743663
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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