Succinyl-Coenzyme A, generally abbreviated as Succinyl-CoA is a combination of succinic acid and coenzyme A.

Source

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It is an important intermediate in the citric acid cycle, where it is synthetised from α-Ketoglutarate by α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase through decarboxylation. During the process, coenzyme A is added.

Fate

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It is converted into succinate through the hydrolytic release of coenzyme A by succinyl-CoA synthetase.

Another fate of succinyl-CoA is porphyrin synthesis, where succinyl-CoA and glycine are combined by ALA synthase to form δ-aminolevulinic acid (dALA).

Formation

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Succinyl CoA can be formed from methylmalonyl CoA through the utilization of deoxyadenosyl-B12 (deoxyadenosylcobalamin) by methylmalonyl CoA Mutase. This reaction, which requires vitamin B12 to occur, is important in the catabolism of some branched-chain amino acids as well as odd-chain fatty acids.