Main Reaction: Pyruvate + Acetyl-CoA >> alpha-Ketoglutaric acid

Reference: PubMed ID: 23340677
Authors: Nilsen LH, Rae C, Ittner LM, Götz J, Sonnewald U
Title: Glutamate metabolism is impaired in transgenic mice with tau hyperphosphorylation.
Published: 2013 May

Pyruvate + Acetyl-CoA --> alpha-Ketoglutaric acid