Term Name: pyruvate metabolic process
Synonyms: pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass, pyruvate metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving pyruvate, 2-oxopropanoate.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006090]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
has subtype: acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from pyruvate Entner-Doudoroff pathway glucose catabolic process to pyruvate glycerol biosynthetic process from pyruvate glycolytic process L-alanine biosynthetic process from pyruvate L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate lactate biosynthetic process from pyruvate protocatechuate catabolic process, meta-cleavage pyruvate biosynthetic process pyruvate catabolic process sulphoglycolysis