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pyruvate, a three-carbon molecule, is processed into acetyl coa, a two-carbon molecule. what happened to the missing carbon?

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Answer:

It is lost as carbon dioxide (CO2)

Explanation:

One carbon of the three-carbon pyruvate becomes oxidized to CO2.

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