As pyruvate is prepared for the citric acid cycle, it undergoes a process of

A) reductive carboxylation.
B) oxidative decarboxylation.
C) oxidative carboxylation.
D) reductive decarboxylation.
E) substrate level phosphorylation.


Ans: B) oxidative decarboxylation.

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