The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle: a malleable metabolic network to counter cellular stress
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Abstract
oxidative phosphorylation, mounting evidence reveals that this metabolic hub orchestrates a wide variety of pivotal biological processes. It plays an important part in combatting cellular stress by modulating NADH/NADPH homeostasis, scavenging ROS (reactive oxygen species), producing ATP by substrate-level phosphorylation, signaling and supplying metabolites to quell a range of cellular disruptions. This review elaborates on how the reprogramming of this network prompted by such abiotic stress as metal toxicity, oxidative tension, nutrient challenge and antibiotic insult is critical for countering these conditions in mostly microbial systems. The cross-talk between the stressors and the participants of TCA cycle that results in changes in metabolite and nucleotide concentrations aimed at combatting the abiotic challenge is presented. The fine-tuning of metabolites mediated by disparate enzymes associated with this metabolic hub is discussed. The modulation of enzymatic activities aimed at generating metabolic moieties dedicated to respond to the cellular perturbation is explained. This ancient metabolic network has to be recognized for its ability to execute a plethora of physiological functions beyond its well-established traditional roles.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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