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==The Structure and Mechanism of Citrate Synthase==

Citrate synthase is an enzyme active in the mitochondria, where it is responsible for catalyzing the first reaction of the citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle): the condensation of acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate to form citrate. The standard free energy change (ΔG°’) for the citrate synthase reaction is -31.5kJ/mol <ref name="voet">Voet, Donald, Judith G. Voet, and Charlotte W. Pratt. Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.</ref>.

Citrate synthase is an enzyme active in the mitochondria, where it is responsible for catalyzing the first reaction of the citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle): the condensation of acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate to form citrate. The standard free energy change (ΔG°’) for the citrate synthase reaction is -31.5kJ/mol <ref name="voet">Voet, Donald, Judith G. Voet, and Charlotte W. Pratt. Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.</ref>. This negative free energy value means that citrate synthase is likely to function far from equilibrium under physiological conditions, and is thus a rate-determining enzyme in the citric acid cycle.

'''Structure:''' Citrate synthase is a single amino acid chain <scene name='Daniel_Eddelman_Sandbox_2/Cts_open_monomer/1'>monomer</scene>. Biologically, however, it exists as a

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 ==The Structure and Mechanism of Citrate Synthase==
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-Citrate synthase is an enzyme active in the mitochondria, where it is responsible for catalyzing the first reaction of the citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle): the condensation of acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate to form citrate.  The standard free energy change (ΔG°’) for the citrate synthase reaction is -31.5kJ/mol <ref name="voet">Voet, Donald, Judith G. Voet, and Charlotte W. Pratt. Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.</ref>.
+Citrate synthase is an enzyme active in the mitochondria, where it is responsible for catalyzing the first reaction of the citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle): the condensation of acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate to form citrate.  The standard free energy change (ΔG°’) for the citrate synthase reaction is -31.5kJ/mol <ref name="voet">Voet, Donald, Judith G. Voet, and Charlotte W. Pratt. Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008.</ref>. This negative free energy value means that citrate synthase is likely to function far from equilibrium under physiological conditions, and is thus a rate-determining enzyme in the citric acid cycle.
 '''Structure:''' Citrate synthase is a single amino acid chain <scene name='Daniel_Eddelman_Sandbox_2/Cts_open_monomer/1'>monomer</scene>.  Biologically, however, it exists as a