The Citric Acid Cycle

question 31

Multiple Choice

The citric acid cycle.
If you were to add one of the eight citric acid cycle intermediates to the culture medium of yeast growing in the laboratory, what do you think would happen to the rates of ATP and carbon dioxide production?

• A) There would be no change in ATP production, but the rate of carbon dioxide production would increase.
• B) The rates of ATP production and carbon dioxide production would both increase.
• C) The rate of ATP production would increase, but the rate of carbon dioxide production would decrease.
• D) The rates of ATP and carbon dioxide production would both decrease.

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