If all the enzymes, intermediates and cofactors of the citric acid cycle as well as an excess of the starting substrate acetylCoA are present and functional in an organelle free solution at the appropriate pH, which of the following factors of the citric acid cycle would prove to be rate limiting? (A) Molecular oxygen (B) Half life of enzyme (C) Turnover of intermediates (D) Reduction of cofactors

If all the enzymes, intermediates and cofactors of the citric acid cycle as well as an excess of the starting substrate acetylCoA are present and functional in an organelle free solution at the appropriate pH, which of the following factors of the citric acid cycle would prove to be rate limiting? (A) Molecular oxygen (B) Half life of enzyme (C) Turnover of intermediates (D) Reduction of cofactors
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