Question

Fatty acids usually have an even number of carbons in their structures. They are catabolized by a process called beta-oxidation. The end products of the metabolic pathway are acetyl groups of acetyl coa molecules. These acetyl groups _____.

Answer 1

The end products of the metabolic pathway are acetyl groups of acetyl CoA molecules and these acetyl groups directly enter the citric acid cycle.

What is beta oxidation?

Beta-oxidation is a four-step process, which keeps  repeating until the fatty acid is completely broken down. Steps are dehydrogenation, hydration, oxidation, and thiolysis.

Dehydrogenation is catalyzed by Acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase that coverts FAD to FADH2 for the formation of a double bond between C2 and C3.

Beta oxidation of fatty acids takes place inside mitochondria in which two carbon atoms are removed in the form of acetyl-CoA from acyl-CoA at  carboxyl terminal. Then the bond is broken between the second beta carbon and the third gamma carbon, hence it is called beta oxidation.

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