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Citric Acid Cycle
Oxaloacetate withdrawal for biosynthesis. Oxaloacetate is a precursor for aspartate by transamination, and aspartate contributes atoms to pyrimidine biosynthesis. Therefore diversion of oxaloacetate from the TCA cycle can support pyrimidine formation.
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