Krebs cycle; _____ ____ _______:
* Acetyl-CoA enters a series of _______-assisted reactions called the Krebs cycle, which follows five steps:
* Step 1: Acetyl-CoA combined with a four-carbon compound, forming a six-carbon compound and releasing coenzyme A
* Step 2: Carbon dioxide is released from the six-carbon compound, forming a five-carbon compounds; Electrons are transferred to NAD+, making a molecule of NADH
* Step 3: Carbon dioxide is released from the compound; A molecule of ATP and a molecule of NADH are made
* Step 4: The existing four-carbon compound is converted to a new four-carbon compound; Electrons are transferred to an electron acceptor called FAD, making a molecule of FADH2, another type of electron carrier
* Step 5: The new four-carbon compound is then converted to the four-carbon compound that began the cycle; Another molecule of NADH is produced