Animated Physics - Cytric Acid Cycle

Producing ATP

Cytric Acid Cycle

Click to view 3D molecules involved in the Cytric Acid Cycle.

Glycolysis represents the most basic and primitive form of ATP production. If oxygen is around, the Mitochondrion becomes an ATP producing factory through the Cytric Acid Cycle.

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