unreviewed
Non-enzymatic (spontaneous decarboxylation)
1 reactions · 1 pathways
What it does, reaction by reaction
1 reactions
Ketogenesis Lipid Metabolism · Liver mitochondrial matrix
step 5
Irreversible/directional
Acetoacetate → acetone + CO2
Converts Acetoacetate into Acetone CO2
› Notes
Acetoacetate undergoes slow, largely spontaneous nonenzymatic decarboxylation to acetone in humans; acetone is volatile and exhaled. This is not a productive ATP-generating step and is not a regulated enzymatic reaction.
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What accelerates and inhibits it
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No regulation recorded for this enzyme in the source documents.
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