Words similar to α-ketobutyrate

Example sentences for: α-ketobutyrate

How can you use “α-ketobutyrate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A few tracer studies in the older literature have indicated derivation of α-ketobutyrate from pyruvate rather than from threonine [ 32, 33], and (R)-citramalate synthase activity has been shown recently in M. jannaschii (MJ1392) [ 34].
If archaea lack ilvA, what is the source of α-ketobutyrate for isoleucine biosynthesis?
It appears likely that α-ketobutyrate is generated instead by the 'pyruvate' pathway in which citramalate is generated as the initial intermediate.