Citric acid (Kuensan)

Japanese: クエン酸(枸櫞酸) - くえんさん(英語表記)citric acid
Citric acid (Kuensan)
A type of tribasic hydroxycarboxylic acid. It is the sour component found in Citrus fruits such as lemons and mandarins, and is present in lemon juice at about 5-8%. It is a member of the citric acid cycle and is produced by the condensation of acetyl CoA and oxaloacetate (citrate synthase). It inhibits the allosteric enzyme phosphofructokinase in the glycolytic pathway, and plays an important role in regulating the glycolytic pathway. When recrystallized from water, it contains one molecule of water of crystallization.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
三塩基性ヒドロキシカルボン酸の一種。レモン,ミカンなどのかんきつ(柑橘)類Citrusの果実中に含まれる酸味成分で,レモン果汁には5~8%程度含まれる。クエン酸回路を形成する一員で,アセチルCoAとオキサロ酢酸の縮合(クエン酸シンターゼ)によって生成する。解糖系のアロステリック酵素ホスホフルクトキナーゼの阻害作用をもち,解糖系を調節するうえでも重要な役割を果たす。水から再結晶すると1分子の結晶水を含むものが得られる。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Citric Acid Cycle

>>:  Cuenca (English spelling)

Recommend

ZANU

...A referendum on a new constitution was held in...

Oshima [village] - Oshima

A village in Higashikubiki County in southern Niig...

Morel - Morel

→ Celery Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyP...

Chen Tianhua

A revolutionary and thinker from the late Qing Dy...

Waters - Thomas James Waters

British architect and engineer. He was an importa...

Bix Beiderbecke

1903‐31 A white American cornetist who was active ...

Akehama [town] - Akehama

A former town in Higashiuwa District, western Ehim...

Cherry blossoms

A historical work. 3 volumes. The author is unknow...

Erinji Temple

Located in Oyashiki, Enzan, Koshu City, Yamanashi...

Illaenus

...The evolutionary trend is known to be microtau...

Sir Austen Henry Layard

British Assyriologist and diplomat. From 1845 to ...

Red-breasted hawkweed (Chinese hawkweed) - Red-breasted hawkweed

...The name "Kyusen" was given to this ...

Superheating

A state in which a liquid is heated to a temperatu...

Enra

(Abbreviation of Yama-rāja, a transliteration of &...

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

1848‐1907 A representative American sculptor of th...