Outline for Chapter 16: The citric acid cycle

 

PDC links glycolysis and TCA

 

The TCA cycle

Steps in the pathway

Energy production

Regulation of the enzymes

Irreversible steps

Chemical effectors

 

Summary of energy production from glucose

 

Use of TCA intermediates

The role of anaplerotic reactions

            Key role of pyruvate carboxylase

 

The glyoxylate path in plants