| accession | 0006086 |
| databaseName | GO |
| dbId | 14983 |
| definition | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of acetyl-CoA from pyruvate. In most organisms, this pathway links glycolysis to the TCA cycle, by a series of three reactions carried out by a multisubunit complex called the 'pyruvate dehydrogenase complex', even though pyruvate dehydrogenase activity describes only one of those reactions. The combination of the three reactions can be summarized as: pyruvate + coenzyme A + NAD+ -> acetyl-CoA + CO2 + NADH. |
| displayName | pyruvate decarboxylation to acetyl-CoA |
| modified | [InstanceEdit:9676538] Cook, Justin, 2020-02-17 |
| name | pyruvate decarboxylation to acetyl-CoA |
| referenceDatabase | [ReferenceDatabase:1] GO |
| schemaClass | GO_BiologicalProcess |
| url | https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0006086 |
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