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DEAE

DEAE can be conveniently obtained from renewable sources. It is chemically stable in which it can absorb CO2 from the surroundings. In solution it can decrease the surface tension of water when the temperature is increased.

Pyruvate decarboxylase Mechanism

The enzyme splits pyruvate into carbon dioxide and a 2-carbon fragment which is attached to its cofactor TPP. This 2-carbon fragment is attached to the five membered TPP ring in its ylide form. This is an irreversible step in which it creates the acetaldehyde for the second step of alcoholic fermentation (anaerobic fermentation), in which acetaldehyde is reduced by NADH with alcohol dehydrogenase to ethanol.

Fluorocitrate

Fluorocitrate is formed in two steps from Fluoroacetate. Fluoroacetate is first converted to Fluoroacetyl-CoA by Acetyl-CoA synthetase in the mitochondria. Then Fluoroacetyl-CoA is condenses with oxaloacetate to form Fluorocitrate. This step is catalyzed by Citrate Synthase.