Do you find it difficult to remember the Kreb’s cycle? Don’t worry, here’s a way that could help you easily recollect the names of the substrates.
Remember the line: Citrate Is Kreb’s Starting Substrate For Making Oxaloacetate!
Citrate– Citrate
Is– Isocitrate
Kreb’s– alpha Ketoglutarate
Starting– Succinyl CoA
Substrate -Succinate
For– Fumarate
Making– Malate
Oxaloacetate– Oxaloacetate
Other names of Kreb’s cycle are Citric acid cycle and TCA (Tricarboxylic acid cycle).
Hope that helped!