Lactic fermentation
- Main goal: to regenerate NAD+ through the reduction of pyruvate
- Subcellular localization: cytosol
- Conditions required to occur: anaerobic and/or absence of mitochondria
- Number of biochemical reactions: 1
- Energetic output (per pyruvate molecule): -1 NADH
- Final product (per pyruvate molecule): 1 lactate
Pyruvate oxidation
- Type of metabolic pathway: catabolic, linear
- Main goal: energy production from pyruvate oxidation
- Subcellular localization: mitochondrial matrix
- Conditions required to occur: aerobic
- Number of biochemical reactions: 1
- Energetic output (per pyruvate molecule): +1NADH
- Final product (per pyruvate molecule): 1 acetyl-CoA
