Acetyl CoA plays a key role in metabolism, being a precursor of the KREBS CYCLE and GLYOXYLATE CYCLE, and the starting point for synthesis of fatty acids, terpenes, and some amino acids.

• 它在新陈代谢的过程中扮演非常重要的角色，是三羧酸循环和乙醛酸循环的前体物质，而且还是合成脂肪酸，萜类以及一些氨基酸的起始。