Question

Are the carbons in glucose ultimately used to make additional citric acid cycle intermediates?

Answer 1

Are the carbons in glucose ultimately used to make additional Krebs cycle intermediates

• The answer to the statement above is No, carbon loses 2 molecules of CO2 as the Krebs cycle moves up.

In the citric acid cycle, there are two carbons that belongs to the acetyl group of acetyl CoA. These two carbon are the released as carbon dioxide, one of main end products of cellular respiration via numbers of enzymatic reactions.

Conclusively, we can say that Co2 has 2 molecules shed off as Krebs cycle increases.

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