Fig. 5: The Citric Acid Cycle,
Step 4
Alpha-ketoglutarate is oxidized,
carbon dioxide is removed, and coenzyme A is added to form the 4-carbon compound
succinyl CoA. During this oxidation, NAD+ is reduced to NADH + H+.
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