succinyl-coenzyme A

suc·ci·nyl-co·en·zyme A

(sŭk'si-nil-kō-en'zīm),

The condensation product of succinic acid and CoA; one of the intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and a precursor in the synthesis of heme.

Synonym(s): active succinate, succinyl-CoA

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suc·ci·nyl-co·en·zyme A

(sŭk'si-nil-kō-en'zīm)

The condensation product of succinic acid and CoA; one of the intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and a precursor in the synthesis of heme.
Synonym(s): succinyl-CoA.

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References in periodicals archive ?

Under these conditions, we tested the incorporation of malonyl-coenzyme A (MalCoA) and succinyl-coenzyme A (Suc-CoA).

Ac-CoA: acetyl-coenzyme A; Mal-CoA: malonyl-coenzyme A; Suc-CoA: succinyl-coenzyme A.

Biochemical Analysis of Histone Succinylation

"They concluded that cyanobacteria lacked the ability to make one enzyme, called 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, and that this missing enzyme rendered the bacteria unable to produce a compound -- called succinyl-coenzyme A -- for the next step in the TCA cycle.