What is common to all of the oxidation reactions in the Citric acid cycle?

A. They are all decarboxylation reactions.
B. They all lead to substrate-level phosphorylation of ADP to generate ATP.
C. They all lead to the generation of NADH.
D. They are all characterized by a loss of electrons from an organic molecule coupled to the reduction of an electron acceptor.


Answer: D

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