Pyruvic Acid, Pyruvate Salt

Pyruvic acid is a compound that is produced from carbohydrates and can be oxidized in the Krebs cycle, which is a complex series of reactions that occur in the body. The oxidation of pyruvic acid produces carbon dioxide and releases energy in the form of ATP. Pyruvate is the salt of pyruvic acid, and it is an important intermediate in many metabolic pathways. Pyruvate can be converted to acetyl-CoA, which is used in the citric acid cycle to produce energy. Pyruvic acid also plays a role in gluconeogenesis, the process of converting glucose into glycogen, a storage form of glucose.



Pyruvic acid, also called Pyruvic acid, is an intermediate in the Krebs cycle, an important step in carbon metabolism that plays a key role both in living organisms and in the synthesis of organic compounds. Pyruvate, or the salt of pyruvic acid, pyruvate, is formed by the partial hydrolysis of glycogen, the widespread storage fuel glucose in cells. Glycolysis also leads to the formation of pyruvate.

Pyruvate is the most susceptible and available compound to participate in all metabolic reactions of the Krebz cycle. In the first step of the cycle, pyruvate undergoes oxidative decarboxylation to form acetyl-CoA. This metabolic product, along with many others such as oxaloacetate, is used in a variety of cyclic biosynthetic reactions leading to the formation of amino acids, fatty acids, cholesterol, pantothenic acid and other important metabolites of cellular metabolism. The formation of a significant amount of energy in the form of ATP is accompanied by the formation of a one-carbon residue and, therefore, it is called acetoacetate with further decativization to carbon dioxide CO2 and water H2O. The metabolism of this metabolite plays a key role in the regulation of energy metabolism and blood glucose levels.

The breakdown of pyruvate kinase, the enzyme responsible for ending the Krebs cycle, leads to the reduction of two carbons, diacetyl coenzyme A and the formation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide NAD+ and Fumarate. In response to activation of histone deacetylase, the enzyme acetylase oxygenase catalyzes the oxidation of glycoside acetazobenzene (GABA). Thus, four hydrocarbon substrates can be expanded to two, resulting in conformational variability of the pyridoxal phosphate cofactor within the monooxygenase. Oxidation reactions