What would occur if the body could no longer produce lactate? In the presence of oxygen,...

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  1. What would occur if the body could no longer produce lactate?
    1. In the presence of oxygen, acetyl CoA would build up and beconverted back to fatty acids.
    2. In the absence of oxygen, ATP production would increase.
    3. In the absence of oxygen, pyruvate would build-up, causingglycolysis to slow down.
    4. Lactose would no longer be digested properly, leading toincreased bloating

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Lactate is produced from pyruvate when there is oxygen deprivation Due to lack of oxygen pyruvate is not converted to acetyl CoA This is because of electron transport chain being    See Answer
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