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Using the ATP generated during cellular respiration, the intermediates of glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, such as pyruvate and acetyl CoA, can be siphoned off and used to __________.

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Answer:

Produce Energy

Explanation:

Pyruvate, a product from glycolysis, is converted into acetyl CoA in the mitochondria .

The 3-carbon pyruvate molecule loses a carbon to produce a new, 2-carbon molecule called acetyl CoA. The carbon that is removed takes two oxygens from pyruvate with it, and exits the body as carbon dioxide.  The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex catalyzes this reaction

The conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA produces NADH.

The citric acid cycle, where acetyl CoA is modified in the mitochondria to produce energy precursors.