Once a jolly [bad word] enters the matrix
Of a mitochondrion, so they say,
[bad word] dehydrogenase
Converts it to acetyl co-enzyme A.

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[bad word] dehydrogenase
Turns a [bad word] to acetyl-CoA

Oxaloacetate looking for a partner
Thinks, "active acetate looks OK";
Condensing enzyme arranging for a merger
Makes a new citrate and kicks out CoA.

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Condensing enzyme arranging a merger
Makes a new citrate and kicks out CoA

 [bad word] aconitase, a hydro-dehydratase
Gives isocitrate reversibly
Then its dehydrogenase gives NADH,
Carbon dioxide and (alpha)-OG.

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Then its dehydrogenase gives NADH,
Carbon dioxide and (alpha)-OG.

Off with the CO2, another oxidation
Just like the PDC previously
Succinyl CoA with a thiokinase
Yields succinate and GTP.

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Succinyl CoA with a thiokinase
Yields succinate and GTP.

Succinate's oxidised by its dehydrogenase
Reducing FAD and giving fumerate
Fumarase makes malate; another dehydrogenase
Generates oxaloacetate.

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Fumarase makes malate; another dehydrogenase
Generates oxaloacetate.