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A Mutation in Yeast Makes It Unable to Convert Pyruvate

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A mutation in yeast makes it unable to convert pyruvate to ethanol. How will this mutation affect these yeast cells? The mutant yeast cells will ________.


A) be unable to grow anaerobically
B) grow anaerobically only when given glucose
C) be unable to metabolize glucose
D) die because they cannot regenerate NAD+ from NAD
E) metabolize only fatty acids

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