Acetyl CoA is a) synthesized from pyruvate in the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
b) the intermediate through which food molecules are completely metabolized to carbon dioxide in animal cells.
c) synthesized from pyruvate and CoA in a reaction that also generates NADH, CO2, and ATP.
d) synthesized by the breakdown of fatty acids in the cytosol. e) an intermediate in the oxidation of glucose in anaerobic skeletal muscle.