tricarboxylic acid cycle

tricarboxylic acid cycle

n.

See Krebs cycle.

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tricarboxylic acid cycle

(traɪˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk)

n

(Biochemistry) biochem another name for Krebs cycleAbbreviation: TCA cycle

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Krebs′ cy`cle

n.

the metabolic sequence of enzyme-driven reactions by which carbohydrates, proteins, and fatty acids produce carbon dioxide, water, and ATP.

[1940–45; after H. A. Krebs]

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tricarboxylic acid cycle - in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy citric acid cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle metabolic process, metabolism - the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms oxidative phosphorylation - an enzymatic process in cell metabolism that synthesizes ATP from ADP

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