Select the incorrectly matched pair.
- End products of alcoholic - Ethanol + ${CO} _{2}$
- End products of lactic acid fermentation - Lactic acid + ${CO} _{2}$
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Glycolysis - Cytoplasm
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Key product of glycolysis - Pyruvic acid
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Correct answer
Explanation
Lactic acid fermentation occurs in lactic acid bacteria (e.g., Lactobacillus), some fungi and muscles. In lactic acid fermentation, pyruvic acid produced in glycolysis is directly reduced by NADH to form lactic acid. No ${CO} _{2}$ is produced. The enzyme is lactate dehydrogenase which requires FMN and ${Zn}^{2+}$.
$Pyruvic \,\,acid+NADH\xrightarrow[FMN,{Zn}^{2+}]{Lactate \,\,denydrogenase}Lactic \,\,acid+{NAD}^{+}$
So the correct answer is 'End products of lactic acid fermentation - Lactic acid + ${CO} _{2}$'.