Biology / Bio 0544 · Atom · ~20 seconds
Pyruvate Oxidation to Acetyl CoA
Video not yet published
to the StudyWalks catalog
to the StudyWalks catalog
State
Pyruvate entering the mitochondrion loses a carbon as carbon dioxide, transfers electrons to NAD+, and joins coenzyme A to form acetyl CoA.
Show
This three-step conversion happens twice per original glucose molecule, once for each pyruvate glycolysis produced.
Watch for
This step, not glycolysis itself, is where the first carbon from glucose leaves the cell as carbon dioxide.