Question

Pyruvate dehydrogenase is used in converting

• A. Glucose to Pyruvate
• B. Pyruvic acid to Lactic acid
• C. Pyruvate to Acetyl CoA
• D. Pyruvate to Glucose

Answer 1

The correct option is C Pyruvate to Acetyl CoA

After the glycolysis, pyruvate goes from the cytosol into the mitochondrial intermembrane space and gets converted to Acetyl CoA by an enzyme called Pyruvate dehydrogenase.

So, the correct answer is (C).