Show the Steps of the Citric Acid Cycle in Which

question 6

Essay

Show the steps of the citric acid cycle in which a six-carbon compound is converted into the first four-carbon intermediate in the path. For each step, show structures of substrate and product, name the enzyme responsible, and show where cofactors participate.

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