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When our muscle cells lack oxygen during energy production, the six-carbon molecule is converted into a _____-carbon molecule.

RRB Group-D 18/09/2018 (Shift-III) 2018
✓ Answer: C 3
Six-carbon glucose is broken down into three-carbon pyruvate; in oxygen-limited muscle cells, pyruvate is converted into three-carbon lactate.
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