Tricarboxylic acid cycle
Aerobic mitochondrial cycle that produces ATP, NADH, and FADH2.
Also: Citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle, TCA cycle
Hub oxidative pathway converting acetyl-CoA to two CO2 per turn, generating NADH and FADH2 that feed the electron transport chain. Intermediates also feed amino acid, heme, and gluconeogenic biosynthesis.
How one textbook covers it
Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 8th ed. (Gropper) — Glossary
Hub oxidative pathway converting acetyl-CoA to two CO2 per turn, generating NADH and FADH2 that feed the electron transport chain. Intermediates also feed amino acid, heme, and gluconeogenic biosynthesis.
Related terms
Amphibolic pathway, Anaplerotic reaction, Electron transport chain, Krebs cycle