Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Chapter 8, Problem 46FB
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The given blank space in the statement, “Cells that lack mitochondrial PEP carboxykinase transfer oxaloacetate into the cytoplasm using the _______ shuttle.”

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In some species, PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) carboxylase in found in the cytoplasm, while in others, it is present within the mitochondria. However, in humans, it is present in both cytoplasmsand mitochondria.

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