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pyruvic acid A three-carbon keto acid (i.e. containing a ketone group) that occupies a central position in cell metabolism. It represents the final product of glycolysis in aerobic respiration and subsequently undergoes oxidation to carbon dioxide and acetyl coenzyme A. During anaerobic respiration it is reversibly converted to lactic acid in animal cells. It may also be variously converted into alanine, malic acid, and oxaloacetic acid.

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