Metabolic map about ketogenesis

Here it is one metabolic map about the ketone bodies synthesis, a process that occurs in the mitochondria of hepatocytes…

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Ketogenesis (main aspects)

Ketogenesis
- Type of metabolic pathway: anabolic
- Main goal: Ketone bodies synthesis from acetyl-CoA
- Subcellular localization: mitochondrial matrix
- Number of biochemical reactions: 4 (until acetoacetate)

- Final product (per 2 acetyl-CoA moelcules): acetoacetate or b-hydroxybutirate or acetone