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Do you know any step in the TCA cycle where there is substrate level phosphorylation.
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In an intermediate reaction TCA cycle, succinyl Co-A is converted succinic acid and one GTP molecule is synthesised through substrate level


GTP formed in this reaction gives rise to ATP as follows $\mathrm{GTP}+\mathrm{ADP} \rightarrow \mathrm{GDP}+\mathrm{ATP}$

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