If you were to add one of the eight citric acid cycle intermediates to the culture medium of yeast growing in the laboratory, what do you think would happen to the rates of atp and carbon dioxide production?

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Eli Phelps

4 March, 12:06

If you were to add one of the eight citric acid cycle intermediates to the culture medium of yeast growing in the laboratory, what do you think would happen to the rates of atp and carbon dioxide production?

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Asher Rice · Answer 1

Citric acid cycle is a sequence of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to discharge stored energy through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA which is a derivative of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. If one of the eight citric acid cycle intermediates is added to the culture medium of yeast the rates of the ATP production and Carbon dioxide production would both increase.