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tricarboxylic acid cycle

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Accession
GO:0006099
Name
tricarboxylic acid cycle
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
Krebs cycle, TCA cycle, citric acid cycle, oxidative TCA cycle
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A nearly universal metabolic pathway in which the acetyl group of acetyl coenzyme A is effectively oxidized to two CO2 and four pairs of electrons are transferred to coenzymes. The acetyl group combines with oxaloacetate to form citrate, which undergoes successive transformations to isocitrate, 2-oxoglutarate, succinyl-CoA, succinate, fumarate, malate, and oxaloacetate again, thus completing the cycle. In eukaryotes the tricarboxylic acid is confined to the mitochondria. See also glyoxylate cycle. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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Chem. react.
has participant citrate(3-)
Subset
None
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Parents of tricarboxylic acid cycle (GO:0006099)
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tricarboxylic acid cycle [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  aerobic respiration (GO:0009060)
tricarboxylic acid cycle [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  citrate(3-) (CHEBI:16947)
tricarboxylic acid cycle [is_a relation] is_a  primary metabolic process (GO:0044238)

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