Biology A-Level
Decarboxylation
What Decarboxylation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Decarboxylation
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The loss of a carbon as carbon dioxide when pyruvate is converted, removing one carbon per pyruvate.
A stage in which carbon dioxide is released as the six-carbon compound is broken down.
Topics that use Decarboxylation
- Respiration (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acetyl coenzyme A
- Active transport and maintenance of gradients
- Anabolic reactions and biosynthesis
- ATP as the universal energy currency
- ATP synthase
- Coenzymes
- Controlled stepwise release of energy
- Controlled variables
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