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Is pyruvate reduced or oxidized during aerobic resp? what about fermentation?
I think during the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex pyruvate is being oxidized because NAD+ is being reduced to NADH along with the release of CO2 and attachment to CoA-SH. Maybe somebody can clarify on this.
During fermentation, the goal is to regenerate NAD+ from NADH. Since you're going from NADH to NAD+ (oxidation), pyruvate should be reduced to lactate or ethanol.
Is pyruvate reduced or oxidized during aerobic resp? what about fermentation?
For Kreb Cycle, is it 2 ATP for each pyruvate or for each glucose molecule. Since glucose is converted into 2 pyruvates, I just wanted some clarifications. Thanks