citric acid cycle

American  

noun

Biochemistry.

1. Krebs cycle.

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citric acid cycle British  

noun

1. another name for Krebs cycle

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citric acid cycle Scientific  

1. See Krebs cycle

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Etymology

Origin of citric acid cycle

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Krebs won the medal in 1953 when the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was divided equally between Krebs, for his discovery of the citric acid cycle, and Fritz Lipmann, for work on enzymes.

From Reuters

The genes encode enzymes that act in an energy-producing metabolic pathway called the citric acid cycle.

From Nature

The different profiles of proteins and metabolites clustered into the following groups: fatty acid transport and β-oxidation, gluconeogenesis, and the citric acid cycle.

From Science Magazine