Question: what is the tca cycle what are the key substrates and products?
Answer: The TCA cycle is a set of eight catalyzed reactions and eight intermediates that break down hydrocarbon substrates into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) using the energy released to protonate nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide converting from NAD+ to NADH or flavin adenine dinucleotide from FADH to FADH2.