One way to generate acetyl-coa is to convert pyruvate into acetyl-coa by stripping off a co₂ molecule. the removal of co₂ is referred to as what type of reaction?

Decarboxylation

Explanation:

Pyruvate is produced by the glycolysis in cytoplasm. The oxidation of pyruvate takes place in mitochondrial matrix.

Pyruvate is converted to acetyl-CoA in the followiing ways as:

The reaction is shown below:

Pyruvate + NAD⁺ + CoA-SH ⇒ acetyl-CoA + NADH + CO₂

The reactions in which carbon dioxide gas is released is called as decarboxylation reactions.

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