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Biochemistry Metabolism of carbohydrate d1ba3bbc

The mechanism by which pyruvate from cytosol is transpoed to mitochondria is?

A
Chloride antipo
B
Proton sympo
C
ATP dependent antipo
D
Facilitated unipo
High-Yield Explanation
The transpo of pyruvate into the mitochondria is the transpo protein pyruvate translocase. Pyruvate translocase transpos pyruvate in a sympo fashion with a proton, and hence is active, consuming energy.Ref: DM Vasudevan, 7th edition

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