Also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle [TCA cycle because the citric acid molecule contains three (tri) carboxyl (acid) groups]. Also known as the Krebs cycle after H. A. Krebs, who first postulated the existence of the cycle in 1937 under its original name of “citric acid cycle.” A cyclic sequence of chemical reactions that occurs in almost all aerobic (air-requiring) organisms. A system of enzymatic reactions in which acetyl residues are oxidized to carbon dioxide and hydrogen atoms, and in which formation of citrate is the first step.<\/p>\n
An important series of events concerning amino acid metabolism, which takes place in the mitochondria in the cell.<\/p>\n
A cycle found in mitochondria which produces reducing equivalents for use by the respiratory chain and which also produces carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n
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