A cyclic reaction pathway requires that the starting material be regenerated and available at the end of

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A cyclic reaction pathway requires that the starting material be regenerated and available at the end of each cycle. If compounds of the citric acid cycle are siphoned off as building blocks to make other organic molecules via a variety of metabolic reactions, why does the citric acid cycle not quickly grind to a halt?

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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