DIY Glycolysis

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Step Eleven - Phosphorylation of Pyruvate

No Way!

You just took off a phosphate. Why put it back? To get from pyruvate to lactate you need to change the carbonyl group on carbon 2 to a hydroxyl group.

Author: Jon Maber

j.r.maber@leeds.ac.uk

Dept Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Leeds, U.K.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Leeds, U.K.