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What substance enters the Krebs cycle?
Acetyl-CoA enters the Krebs cycle by combining with a four-carbon acid called oxaloacetic acid. The combination forms the six-carbon acid called citric acid. Citric acid undergoes a series of enzyme-catalyzed conversions.
What process produces ATP in the Krebs cycle?
The Krebs cycle generates only two ATP molecules per glucose molecule. This is because, when glucose is broken down in glycolysis to produce two molecules of pyruvate , and each pyruvate molecule is carboxylated into an acetyl, each acetyl group goes through Krebs cycle only once, and produces one ATP molecule as a result.
What is the compound that enters the Kreb’s cycle?
The Krebs cycle begins when acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate interact to form the six-carbon compound citric acid. (The Krebs cycle is also sometimes called the citric acid cycle.) This citric acid molecule then undergoes a series of eight chemical reactions that strip carbons to produce a new oxaloacetate molecule.
What are products and reactants of Krebs cycle?
The reason the Krebs cycle is named as such is that one of its main products, oxaloacetate, is also a reactant. That is, when the two-carbon acetyl CoA created from pyruvate enters the cycle from “upstream,” it reacts with oxaloacetate, a four-carbon molecule, and forms citrate , a six-carbon molecule.
What are the inputs and outputs of Krebs cycle?
As you should know from studying the Krebs cycle, metabolic cycles involve inputs and outputs, and some molecules are recycled to complete the cycle. In the case of the Calvin Cycle , the input molecules are carbon dioxide, ATP, and NADPH. The output molecules are sugar, ADP, NADP+, and inorganic phosphate (Pi).
Does glycolysis produce more ATP than Krebs cycle?
Glycolysis and the Krebs cycle. Both processes produce ATP from substrates but the Krebs cycle produces many more ATP molecules than glycolysis! Every stage in each process is catalysed by a specific enzyme.