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Dictionary » P » Pyruvate PyruvateDefinition noun The carboxylate anion of pyruvic acid.
Pyruvate is the end product of glycolysis, which is converted into acetyl coA that enters the Krebs cycle when there is sufficient oxygen available. When the oxygen is insufficient, pyruvate is broken down anaerobically, creating lactate in animals (including humans) and ethanol in plants.
Related forms: pyruvic (adjective).
See also: pyruvic acid, cellular respiration, glycolysis. ![]()
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cellular respiration???... Keeping it simple cellular respiration starts with a molecule of glucose, which is a six carbon sugar. It is converted to two molecules of pyruvate (Pyruvic acid) in the first step, with the formation of two molecules of ATP and two molecules of NADH+H. Both pyruvate molecules are carried ...
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aerobic and anaerobic glucose degeneration in a cell... can use. In Anaerobic respiration/fermentation glucose is broken down through investment of ATP into several intermediates eventually creating pyruvate and 2 net ATP. Because of the lack of oxygen this reaction does not proceed to normal aerobic respiration in the mitochondria but instead continues ...
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