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True or false: Acetyl-CoA reacts with malate to form citrate

True or false: Acetyl-CoA reacts with malate to form citrate-example-1

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This question refers to the Krebs cycle, which is a sequence of reactions that occurs in the mitochondria that has as a result the storage of energy in the phosphate bonds of the ATP molecule.

The first step of the Krebs cycle is reaction between Acetil-Coa and ocaloacetate which gives as a result a molecule of citrate.

The statement is therefore false.

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