Glycolysis does not require oxygen , The fate of pyruvate
molecules depends on whether oxygen is present.
IF oxygen is not present pyruvate gets converted to lactate, and no
additional ATP is produced in this reaction but when oxygen is
present , Pyruvate is transported to mitochondrial matrix
SO oxidation of pyruvate takes place in mitochondrial matrix
.
a)A carboxyl group is removed from pyruvate releasing carbon
dioxide.
b)NAD+ is reduced to NADH where an acetyl group is transferred to
coenzymeA resulting in acetylcoA.
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