An intermediate in this process can both undergo slow, spontaneous decarboxylation to produce an achiral product and enzymatic reduction at its non-carboxylate carbonyl to produce a chiral one.
The major product of this metabolic process forms a biodegradable polymer in the bacterial PHB pathway. Under alkaline conditions, adding glycine allows two products of this process to be detected by producing a purple color after complexing with nitroprusside. An intermediate in this process can both undergo slow, spontaneous decarboxylation to produce an achiral product and enzymatic reduction at its non-carboxylate carbonyl to produce a chiral one. This process is favored by low concentrations of (*) oxaloacetate. Like the mevalonate pathway, this process proceeds via an HMG-CoA intermediate. This process is the exclusive catabolic pathway for lysine and leucine. For 10 points, name this metabolic response to low carbohydrate intake or fasting that produces betahydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and acetone, its three namesake bodies.
The major product of this metabolic process forms a biodegradable polymer in the bacterial PHB pathway.
ketogenesis [accept word forms; accept ketone body production or equivalents before mentioned; accept ketosis or ketoacidosis or hyperketonemia; prompt on "fatty acid breakdown" or "fatty acid oxidation" or "beta-oxidation" or equivalents; prompt on "fasting" or "starvation" or equivalents before "fasting"]