What process occurs after glycolysis?

Answer 1

aerobic oxidatio of pyruvic acid

after pyruvic acid is form it get transfer to mitochondria. as soon as pyruvic acid enter to mitochondria it get oxidise to c02 in the reaction called oxidative decarboxylation.

here

1st it get decarboxylate and then it get oxidised by the help of enzyme

called pyruvate dehydrogenase. nd this enzym is made up of decarboxylase,lipoic acid amid tpp [thiamine pyrophosphate] nd in the presence of some cofactor

such as vit b1 nd mg ions.

reaction given below

pyruvate + NAD+ + co-A = acetyl co-A + NADH + H+ + c02

Answer 2

There are three major steps in cellular respiration:

1. Glycolysis

2. The Kreb's Cycle (or Citric Acid Cycle)

3. The Electron Transport Chain

Glycolysis splits a glucose molecule into two molecules of pyruvic acid (and also makes a little ATP.) The Kreb's Cycle takes these pyruvic acids and subjects them to a number of decarboxylation reactions (takes carbons off of them, to free up energy.) The electron transport chain takes the electrons freed by the Kreb's Cycle and uses the energy to move hydrogen ions across a membrane (creating a concentration gradient of Hydrogen ions on one side.) ATP synthase (an enzyme located within the mitochondria) then uses these hydrogen ions to produce ATP.

Answer 3

To undergo the citric acid cycle the pyruvate first must be converted to acetyl CoA. To be converted pyruvate goes through the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, the acetyl CoA produced can now undergo the citric acid cycle.

Answer 4

pyruvate is oxidized.