Main Reaction: Pyruvate >> Alanine + Lactate

Reference: PubMed ID: 22714050
Authors: Brekke EM, Walls AB, Schousboe A, Waagepetersen HS, Sonnewald U
Title: Quantitative importance of the pentose phosphate pathway determined by incorporation of 13C from [2-13C]- and [3-13C]glucose into TCA cycle intermediates and neurotransmitter amino acids in functionally intact neurons.
Published: 2012 Sep

Pyruvate --> Alanine + Lactate