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Minimal synthesis path: the synthesis of citrate from pyruvate is shown. Irreversibility has been considered. The cofactors NAD+/NADH and CoA were available. The seed compounds (pyruvate, water and oxygen) are marked blue, the target metabolite (citrate) is marked red and the cofactors yellow.
