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You are doing a biochemical experiment and observed that addition of small amounts of oxaloacetate (OAA)...

You are doing a biochemical experiment and observed that addition of small amounts of oxaloacetate (OAA) or malate to suspensions of minced pigeon muscle tissue incubated in glucose solution quickly increased the observed CO2 production to levels about seven times more than amount of carbon added as OAA. Explain in a brief statement (1-2 sentences) why is the amount of CO2 produced is so much greater than the number of carbons in the added OAA?

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