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Propionyl-CoA carboxylase

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Clinical / pharmacological. Propionic acidaemia; biotin-dependent

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Pyrimidine Degradation Nucleotide Metabolism · Cytosol

step 14 Irreversible/directional

Propionyl-CoA → succinyl-CoA

Converts Propionyl-CoA into Succinyl-CoA

Notes

Propionyl-CoA carboxylase uses ATP, bicarbonate, and biotin to convert propionyl-CoA to D-methylmalonyl-CoA; methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase produces L-methylmalonyl-CoA; and adenosylcobalamin-dependent methylmalonyl-CoA mutase rearranges it to succinyl-CoA. These downstream steps permit thymine carbon to enter the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

2 entries

Amino Acid Catabolism Overview (glucogenic vs. ketogenic amino acids; brief overview of branched-chain amino acid catabolism and phenylalanine/tyrosine catabolism as representative examples)

Accelerated by

Propionyl-CoA availability; biotin sufficiency

Inhibited by

Biotin deficiency; product accumulation

Hormonal control

No dominant acute hormonal switch; flux follows odd-chain fatty-acid and amino-acid catabolism

Pyrimidine Degradation

Listed there as: Propionyl-CoA carboxylase (downstream thymine-carbon handling)

Accelerated by

Propionyl-CoA and bicarbonate availability

Inhibited by

Biotin deficiency and loss-of-function variants impair activity

Hormonal control

Metabolic/nutritional state influences substrate flow; no defining acute hormonal allostery.

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