Oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate requires
High-Yield Explanation
Inside the mitochondria, pyruvate is oxidatively decarboxylated to acetyl CoA by pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH). It is a multi-enzyme complex with 5 co-enzymes and 3 apo-enzymes.
The co-enzymes needed are:
Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP)
Co-enzyme A (CoA)
FAD
NAD+
Lipoamide.
The enzyme part of the PDH complex is made up of three component enzymes.
Reference: Vasudevan 7th ed, pg 116