Review 3: Pyruvate & Fatty Acid Oxidation, Citric Acid Cycle, & Glycogen Metabolism - Part 1 of 4

Review 3: Pyruvate & Fatty Acid Oxidation, Citric Acid Cycle, & Glycogen Metabolism / Citric Acid Cycle 3 / Problem 11

Problem 11

Why is succinate considered symmetrical in the context of the citric acid cycle?

It is prochiral.

It has a chiral center.

Its orientation in the active site is random.

It forms a cis bond with fumarate.