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Table 2 Krebs cycle yields and gas exchange

From: Stoichiometric estimates of the biochemical conversion efficiencies in tsetse metabolism

Substrate

ATP Created

CO2 Released

O2 Consumed

Pyruvate

12.5

3

2.5

Acetyl-CoA

10

2

2

2-oxoglutarate

21

5

4

Succinyl-CoA

18.5

4

3.5

Fumarate

16

4

3

Oxalacetate

13.5

4

2.5

  1. The gross energy yield and gas exchange in the catabolism of Krebs cycle elements in atoms per amino acid converted.