Biology A-Level
Dehydrogenation
What Dehydrogenation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The removal of hydrogen from pyruvate, with the removed hydrogen reducing NAD to reduced NAD.
A stage in which the reduced coenzymes NADH and FADH₂ are produced.
Topics that use Dehydrogenation
- 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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