Concerning the citric acid cycle (TCA cycle), which of the following statements is false? The TCA cycle generates electron carriers Oxidation of pyruvate in the matrix of the mitochondria produces sixteen total electrons  Substrate level phosphorylation in the TCA cycle produces 2 GTP per the oxidation of a single glucose molecule The fate of the carbonyl carbon of acetyl CoAin the TCA cycle is to be lost as CO2 in the second turn Oxygen is required to regenerate electron acceptors

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Concerning the citric acid cycle (TCA cycle), which of the following statements is false?

The TCA cycle generates electron carriers
Oxidation of pyruvate in the matrix of the mitochondria produces sixteen total electrons 
Substrate level phosphorylation in the TCA cycle produces 2 GTP per the oxidation of a single glucose molecule
The fate of the carbonyl carbon of acetyl CoAin the TCA cycle is to be lost as CO2 in the second turn
Oxygen is required to regenerate electron acceptors
 
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