Objectives for Citric Acid Cycle

Learning Objectives for "Citric Acid Cycle" Section

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. State two other names for the citric acid cycle.

2. Briefly describe the function of the citric acid cycle during aerobic respiration and indicate the reactants and products.

3. Compare where the citric acid cycle occurs in prokaryotic cells and in eukaryotic cells.

4. State the total number of ATP produced by substrate-level phosphorylation for each acetyl-CoA that enters the citric acid cycle.

5. State the total number of NADH and FADH₂ produced for each acetyl-CoA that enters the citric acid cycle.

6. During aerobic respiration, state what happens to the NADH and the FADH₂ produced during the citric acid cycle.