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oxaloacetate


A four-carbon molecule found in mitochondria that condenses with acetyl conenzyme A to form citrate in the first reaction of the citric acid cydle (Krebs cycle). Oxaloacetate must be constantly regenerated in order for the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain to continue.


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