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Explanation: Protein digestion occurs in the stomach and the duodenum through the action of three main enzymes: pepsin, secreted by the stomach, and trypsin and chymotrypsin, secreted by the pancreas. During carbohydrate digestion the bonds between glucose molecules are broken by salivary and pancreatic amylase.
The correct answer is: It enters the citric acid cycle and associates with a 4-carbon molecule (OXALOACETATE), forming citric acid, and then through redox reactions regenerates the 4-carbon molecule.
The citric acid cycle is a cyclic process (part of the cellular respiration) where acetyl CoA is modified in the mitochondria to produce high-energy intermediate molecules for the oxidative phosphorilation (production of ATP).
