Mader/Biology, 10/e – Chapter Outlines

The citric acid cycle occurs in the matrix of mitochondria. The cycle is sometimes called the Krebs cycle, named for Sir Hans Krebs, who described the fundamentals of the reactions in the 1930s. The cycle begins by the addition of a two-carbon acetyl group to a four-carbon molecule, forming a six-carbon citrate (citric acid) molecule. ................
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