The teenager had intense running exercise causing conversion of sugar to pyruvate to lactate. The cramping is due to the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles cells resulting in decreased intracellular pH. What enzyme reverses this reaction?

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The teenager had intense running exercise causing conversion of sugar to pyruvate to lactate. The cramping is due to the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles cells resulting in decreased intracellular pH. What enzyme reverses this reaction?

 

 

 

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