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Oxaloacetate4 C
Waiting for citrate synthase
Carbon tracer
Labels carbons 2 and 3 of the next few pyruvates. The carbonyl carbon and the methyl carbon of acetyl-CoA glow as they move. The table counts when each leaves as CO₂.
| Released in | Carbonyl | Methyl |
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Intermediate pools mM, model
White ticks mark the pools under normal conditions. A poisoned step makes the pool before it swell.
Yield since reset
| Product | Total | Per acetyl-CoA |
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Proton (H⁺)
Hydrogen atoms are hidden. Rates, pools and the proton-motive force come from a small kinetic model that runs alongside the animation, in model units tuned to show how the cycle responds. The real cycle turns far faster than shown.