Main Reaction: Oxaloacetate + Acetyl-CoA >> alpha-Ketoglutarate

Reference: PubMed ID: 10546983
Authors: Kanamatsu T, Tsukada Y
Title: Effects of ammonia on the anaplerotic pathway and amino acid metabolism in the brain: an ex vivo 13C NMR spectroscopic study of rats after administering [2-13C]] glucose with or without ammonium acetate.
Published: 1999 Sep 11

Oxaloacetate + Acetyl-CoA --> alpha-Ketoglutarate