Harvey's Garden

Home

❯

USMLE

❯

Biochemistry

❯

Metabolism sites

Metabolism sites

Feb 24, 20241 min read

  • Mitochondria (plenty of redox reactions (aka electron transfers))
    • Fatty acid oxidation (β-oxidation), acetyl-CoA production, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, ketogenesis.
  • Cytoplasm (processes that build larger molecules)
    • Glycolysis, HMP shunt, and synthesis of cholesterol (SER), proteins (ribosomes, RER), fatty acids, and nucleotides.
  • Both
    • Heme synthesis, Catabolism of amino acids, gluconeogenesis. Hugs take two (both).

Graph View

Created with Quartz v4.5.1 © 2025

  • GitHub
  • Discord Community