Citric Acid Cycle: cyclic oxidation of citrate into oxaloacetate
• Acetyl-CoA (C2) reacts with Oxaloacetate (C4) to form Citrate (C6)
During the citric acid cycle, acetyl CoA covalently binds to oxaloacetate to form citrate, a _________ -carbon molecule.
A. six
B. four
C. five
D. two
E. three
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