Enzyme names can often give us valuable information about the reactions that a particular enzyme catalyzes. Shown below is pyruvate, an important molecule in many (energy related) biological processes. Fill in the product molecules for step 1 and 2. Pyruvate decarboxylase Alcohol dehydrogenase

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Enzyme names can often give us valuable information about the reactions
that a particular enzyme catalyzes. Shown below is pyruvate, an
important molecule in many (energy related) biological processes. Fill in
the product molecules for step 1 and 2.
Pyruvate
decarboxylase
Alcohol
dehydrogenase
Transcribed Image Text:Enzyme names can often give us valuable information about the reactions that a particular enzyme catalyzes. Shown below is pyruvate, an important molecule in many (energy related) biological processes. Fill in the product molecules for step 1 and 2. Pyruvate decarboxylase Alcohol dehydrogenase
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