What is the main purpose of anaerobic fermentation of pyruvate to ethanol? to prevent pyruvate from entering the TCA cycle to regenerate NAD+ for glycolysis to harvest ATP in this reaction to use ethanol as an energy source
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This process allows glycolysis to continue producing ATP in the absence of oxygen. The main purpose of this process is to regenerate NAD+ from NADH, which is essential for glycolysis to continue. Show more…
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