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Identify the First Step of the Citric Acid Cycle

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Identify the first step of the citric acid cycle.


A) Citrate is converted to isocitrate.
B) Conjugate addition of water to the double bond of fumarate forms (S) -malate.
C) Acetyl-CoA reacts with oxaloacetate to form citrate.
D) FAD oxidizes succinate to fumarate.
E) The secondary alcohol of isocitrate is oxidized to a ketone by NAD+ and the ketone loses CO2.

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