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What happen to pyruvic acid molecule in the mitochondrial matrix?
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∙ 11y ago
Pyruvic acid (CH3COCOOH) is an organic acid. It is also a ketone, as well as being the simplest alpha-keto acid. The carboxylate (COOH) ion (anion) of pyruvic acid, CH3COCOO-, is known as pyruvate, and is a key intersection in several metabolic pathways. It can be made from glucose through glycolysis, supplies energy to living cells in the citric acid cycle, and can also be converted to carbohydrates via gluconeogenesis, to fatty acids or energy through acetyl-CoA, to the amino acid alanine and to ethanol.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is turned into Acetyl CoA by the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase. Acetyl CoA can be used for a number of reactions, but in the mitochondira, it is usually fed into the citric acid cycle (CAC) (also known as the Krebs Cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle). The CAC ultimately produces NADH, which can then be used in oxidative phosphorylation to generate ATP - the molecule that provides energy for the cell.
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∙ 12y agoAny base would react with pyruvic acid. I think you need to be considerably more specific.
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Where are the enzymes of the Krebs cycle located?
Matrix of the mitochondria
What is the location of the Krebs cycle?
In the mitochondrial matrix is where the Krebs Cycle occurs. A pool of chemical energy of ATP, NADH, and FADH2 is generated from the oxidation of pyruvate.
Where does acetyl CoA take place?
Acetyl-CoA is produced during the second step of aerobic cellular respiration. In the matrix of the mitochondria pyruvate decarboxylation occurs.
Where does beta-oxidation occur in the cell?
in the matrix of mitochondrial
What is the space in the middle of the mitochondrion called what?
The mitochondrial matrix
The brakdown product of glucose that diffuses into the mitochondrial matrix for further breakdown is?
pyruvic acid.
What does glycolysis produces?
Glycolysis (glycos, sugar + lysis, splitting) A glucose molecule is broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid. The pyruvic acid molecules are then absorbed by the mitochondria. In the mitochondrial matrix, a CO2 molecule is removed from each of the acid molecules. What is left of the pyruvic acid then enters the Krebs cycle.
Where are the enzymes of the Krebs cycle located?
Matrix of the mitochondria
What is the middle of the mitochondrion called?
mitochondrial matrix
Where does he Krebs cycle occur?
MITOCHONDRIA More specifically, the mitochondrial matrix.
What is the location of the Krebs cycle?
In the mitochondrial matrix is where the Krebs Cycle occurs. A pool of chemical energy of ATP, NADH, and FADH2 is generated from the oxidation of pyruvate.
If you developed a molecule that blocked the ATP channel protein what would be the first immediate effect?
An accumulation of ATP in the mitochondrial matrix would occur.
Where is the mitochondrial matrix?
the citric acid cycle
What is the interior compartment of the mitochondria?
The matrix is the innermost space within a mitochondria
Where does acetyl CoA take place?
Acetyl-CoA is produced during the second step of aerobic cellular respiration. In the matrix of the mitochondria pyruvate decarboxylation occurs.
Where does beta-oxidation occur in the cell?
in the matrix of mitochondrial
Where does piruvate processing take place?
In the mitochondrial matrix
