Looking at the chemistry detailed in the overview of the citric acid cycle at the top of

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Looking at the chemistry detailed in the overview of the citric acid cycle at the top of the first page of Panel 13–2, why do you suppose it is useful to link the two-carbon acetyl group to another, larger carbon skeleton, oxaloacetate, before completely oxidizing both of the acetyl-group carbons to CO2?


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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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