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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?