Aerobic Metabolism

• Pyruvic Acid (3 C fragment) enters Mitochondria

• Combines with Coenzyme A loosing a CO2 and becoming Acetyl Coenzyme A (2 C fragment)

• This fragment enters a cyclic reaction scheme, the Citric Acid Cycle

• Ultimately, 34 more ATP’s are produced

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