Today we made it most of the way through the above-named cycle. For our purposes, the important point is that we start with oxaloacetate, bring in an equivalent of our friend acetyl-
CoA, and then spit out two equivalents of CO2, regenerating oxaloacetate in the process. Lots of familiar processes popped up: NAD+/NADH, E1cb/1,4 addition of water, aldol reaction, decarboxylation........it is worth your effort to make sure that you understand how these processes will work on various organic substrates.
On Wednesday we'll finish up the cycle and get ready for Friday's exam.
The picture is of Hans Krebs.
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