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Kreb's Citric Acid Cycle
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CHAPTER 1: LIPIDS
CHAPTER 2: PROTEINS
CHAPTER 3: CARBOHYDRATES
CHAPTER 4 - NUCLEIC ACIDS
CHAPTER 5: BINDING
CHAPTER 6 - TRANSPORT AND KINETICS
CHAPTER 7 - CATALYSIS
CHAPTER 8: OXIDATIVE-PHOSPHORYLATION
CHAPTER 9 - SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
Chapter 10: METABOLIC PATWAYS
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One Turn of the Cycle

Acetyl-CoA + 3 NAD+ + FAD + GDP + Pi + 3 H2O ---> 3 NADH + FADH2 + CoA-SH + GTP + 3 CO2


Acetyl-CoA
Oxaloacetate
Oxaloacetate
Citrate
Citrate
Malate
Malate
  Isocitrate
Isocitrate
 
Fumarate
Fumarate
  a-Ketoglutarate
a-Ketoglutarate
Succinate
Succinate
Succinyl-CoA
Succinyl-CoA


Gibbs Free Energy Changes

Rxn# Enzyme DG°'
(kJ/mol)
DG
(kJ/mol)
1 Citrate synthase -32.2
2 Aconitase +6.3
3 Isocitrate dehydrogenase -20.9
4 a-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
complex
-33.5
5 Succinyl-CoA synthetase -2.9
6 Succinate dehydrogenase 0.0
7 Fumerase -3.8
8 Malate dehydrogenase +29.7

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