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An Individual with a Shortage of B Vitamins (Which Include

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An individual with a shortage of B vitamins (which include thiamine and riboflavin) may feel fatigued as a result of decreased pyruvate dehydrogenase activity.Which of the following would be TRUE regarding this shortage?


A) The amount of acetyl CoA produced from carbohydrate metabolism that enters the citric acid cycle would be decreased.
B) A decrease in the amount of NADH would likely decrease activity of citrate synthase.
C) Flux through the citric acid cycle would cease until adequate pyruvate is available.
D) none of the above
E) all of the above

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