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Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle) Overview
π The Krebs cycle follows the link reaction, where acetyl is completely broken down from the initial glucose molecule.
βοΈ The cycle occurs in the mitochondrial matrix, starting with the two-carbon acetyl group combining with the four-carbon molecule, oxaloacetate.
π The core principle is the regeneration of oxaloacetate after the acetyl group is processed, maintaining the cycle.
Krebs Cycle Steps and Transformations
βοΈ Step 1: The acetyl group joins oxaloacetate to form the six-carbon molecule, citrate; the coenzyme A detaches.
π¨ Steps 2 & 3: These involve decarboxylation (removal of ) and dehydrogenation (oxidation), reducing the molecule from six carbons to five, and then to four carbons.
β‘ Step 4: A substrate-level phosphorylation step synthesizes a small amount of energy, producing per cycle turn (or per acetyl ).
Electron Carriers and Products Summary
π¬ Steps 5 & 6 (Oxidation): These dehydrogenation steps produce electron carriers; one hydrogen molecule is accepted by (forming reduced ), and another by (forming reduced ).
π For two acetyl molecules processed (representing one glucose molecule), the cycle yields a total of four molecules, six reduced , two reduced , and two .
Key Points & Insights
β‘οΈ Students must recall that the key intermediate formed by acetyl group addition to oxaloacetate is citrate, a six-carbon molecule.
β‘οΈ Decarboxylation is the removal of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (), marking the breakdown of the acetyl group.
β‘οΈ Understanding the roles of and as hydrogen acceptors is crucial, noting that accepts hydrogen specifically during Step 5.
β‘οΈ The function of coenzyme A is solely to transport the acetyl group into the cycle before detaching.
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