The citric (KREBS) acid cycle

The citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) metabolizes AcetylCoA mainly obtained from pyruvic acid by glycolysis.

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Steps

1 Citrate 2 Isocitrate 3 α -Cetoglutarate 4 Succinyl CoA 5 Succinate 6 Fumarate 7 Malate 8 Oxaloacetate

References

For glycolysis see →                 here For the passage from pyruvate to acetylCoA see →               here For details on the role of NAD+ see →                here For details on the role of the FAD see →                here