Fluorocitrate

Fluorocitrate is an inhibitor of the citric acid cycle enzyme, aconitase. Fluorocitrate is produced by catalytic combination of fluoroacetyl-CoA (see fluoroacetate) with oxaloacetate by the enzyme citrate synthase.


See also: Aconitase, Fluoroacetate, Citrate Synthase, Reaction Diagram, Acetate Thiokinase