Cori cycle

Not to be confused with Cori disease.
Cori cycle

The Cori cycle (also known as the lactic acid cycle), named after its discoverers, Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori,[1] is a metabolic pathway in which lactate, produced by anaerobic glycolysis in muscles, is transported to the liver and converted to glucose, which then returns to the muscles and is cyclically metabolized back to lactate.[2]

  1. ^ "Carl and Gerty Cori and Carbohydrate Metabolism". National Historic Chemical Landmark. American Chemical Society. 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ Nelson DL, Cox MM (2005). Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Fourth ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. p. 543. ISBN 978-0-7167-4339-2.