Mineral activator needed for the enzyme carboxylase of TCA cycle is : (A) Mg ++ (B) Fe ++ (C) Mo ++ (D) Mn ++

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Option A. Carboxylase enzyme was discovered by Neuberg and Hildesheimer in 1911. It requires Mg++ or Mn++ as activator when it acts in citric acid cycle. Carboxylase converts pyruvate to oxaloacetate.

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