NEET Biology question

Biology Respiration in Plants NEET

In animal cells, like muscle, during exercise when O2 is inadequate for cellular respiration, pyruvic acid is reduced into lactic acid by

(A)O2
(B)Carboxylation
(C)Lactate dehydrogenaseCorrect
(D)None of the above

Answer: (C)

Solution

Under oxygen-limited conditions, lactate dehydrogenase reduces pyruvate to lactate, using NADH

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