Which one of following serves as a link between Glycolysis and Citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) during respiration? Pyruvate or acetyl Co-A (active acetate).
1 Answer
Feb 14, 2018
pyruvate
Explanation:
Pyruvate is the end product of glycolysis, as you can see in the image below
The Krebs cycle starts with pyruvate, which is turned into acetyl CoA.
Why is the answer to this question pyruvate then, as both pyruvate and Acetyl-CoA appear?
The reason for this is that glycolysis, and the entire process of sugar metabolism, can stop at pyruvate. This happens in the absence of oxygen.
