Location when transporting ?

Question

So which of the following molecules is transported into the mitochondrion?

 

A) acetyl CoA

B) Fatty acids

C) pyruvate

D) A and B

E) B and C

F) All of the above

 

So fatty acids are brought into the mitochondria via fatty acid metabolism along with acetyl CoA I believe. but does pyruvate actually enter the mitochondria before changing to Acetly CoA for the kreb cycle? I could be off base but that's what im working with studying for an examine

 

Answer 1

A) acetyl CoA,  

 

pyruvate and fatty acids are large molecules and therefore they are broken down to ACoA in the cytoplasm and then transported to the mitoC