More free energy is released during the citric acid cycle than during glycolysis, but only 1 mole of ATP is produced for each mole of acetyl CoA that enters the cycle. Most of the remaining free energy produced during the citric acid cycle is

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The remaining free energy produced during the citric acid cycle is primarily used to reduce electron carriers, such as NAD+ and FAD, which can later be used in oxidative phosphorylation to produce ATP. Some of the energy may also be used to synthesize a small amount of GTP, but this is not the primary fate of the energy. It is not converted to kinetic energy or used to reduce pyruvate, and while some energy may be lost as heat, this is not the primary fate of the energy.

More Free Energy Is Released During the Citric Acid Cycle