Question 64

(Multiple Choice)

When an individual is exercising heavily and when the muscle becomes oxygen-deprived,muscle cells convert pyruvate to lactate.What happens to the lactate in skeletal muscle cells?


A)It is converted to NAD⁺.
B)It produces CO₂ and water.
C)It is taken to the liver and converted back to pyruvate.
D)It reduces FADH₂ to FAD⁺.
E)It is converted to alcohol.

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