Question
Biology Question on respiration in plants
In the conversion of pyruvic acid to acetyl coenzyme A, pyruvic acid is
A
oxidized
B
isomerised
C
reduced
D
broken into one-carbon fragment
Answer
oxidized
Explanation
Solution
Pyruvic acid is the end product of glycolysis. It gets oxidised to acetyl CoA by losing a molecule of CO which acts as a connecting link between glycolysis and Krebs?