tricarboxylic acid cycle

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noun

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
• Syn:
Krebs cycle, Krebs citric acid cycle, citric acid cycle
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
• Part Holonyms:
metabolism, metabolic process
• Part Meronyms:
oxidative phosphorylation