FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term pyruvate metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006090 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving pyruvate, 2-oxopropanoate.
Also Known As "pyruvate metabolism"
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  carboxylic acid metabolic process
   |__monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
       |__pyruvate metabolic process  52 rec.
           |__Entner-Doudoroff pathway
           |   |__Entner-Doudoroff pathway through 6-phosphogluconate
           |   |__Entner-Doudoroff pathway through gluconate(+)
           |__glucose catabolic process to pyruvate 18 rec.
           |   |__canonical glycolysis 18 rec.
           |   |__Entner-Doudoroff pathway through gluconate to D-glyceraldehyde
           |   |__glucose catabolic process to pyruvate utilizing ADP
           |   |__transport-coupled glycolytic process through glucose-6-phosphate
           |__glycerol biosynthetic process from pyruvate 2 rec.
           |__glycolytic process 37 rec.
           |   |__glycolytic process from glycerol
           |   |__glycolytic process from sucrose(+)
           |   |__glycolytic process through fructose-1-phosphate
           |   |__glycolytic process through fructose-6-phosphate(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__glycolytic process via Entner-Doudoroff Pathway
           |__L-alanine biosynthetic process from pyruvate
           |__L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate
           |   |__L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate, using cysteine dioxygenase
           |__lactate biosynthetic process from pyruvate 2 rec.
           |   |__D(-)-lactate biosynthetic process from pyruvate
           |   |__L(+)-lactate biosynthetic process from pyruvate
           |__protocatechuate catabolic process, meta-cleavage
           |__pyruvate biosynthetic process 3 rec.
           |   |__pyruvate biosynthetic process from acetate
           |__pyruvate catabolic process 2 rec.
           |   |__pyruvate fermentation(+)
           |__pyruvate decarboxylation to acetyl-CoA 13 rec.
           |__sulphoglycolysis
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Is a monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
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  • "pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass" RELATED
    "pyruvate metabolism" EXACT
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MetaCyc:P41-PWY
Reactome:R-HSA-70268 "Pyruvate metabolism"
Wikipedia:Pyruvic_acid