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When too many Since glycolysis is still
processing saccharide,
saccharides are the malonyl-CoA, acetyl-
Coa, and palmitic acid will
ingested, citrate exits accumulate, won't they?
into the cytoplasm,
is broken back down Palmitic
Acid
into acetyl-CoA, and Glucose
becomes the substance
called malonyl-CoA. Malonyl-
CoA
Pyruvate
Acetyl-
Cytoplasm CoA
Ooooh
Acetyl-CoA
Citrate
Oxaloacetate Citrate Does
not enter the
citric acid
cycle!
mitochondria
That's right, and palmitic
acid is a fatty acid!
Eep!
If Malonyl-CoA is produced,
it ends up being directly
converted into a fatty acid.
You should also be Fructose promotes fatty Woe is me...
careful about how acid synthesis in the liver and Betrayed by
sweet, sweet sugar...
much table sugar is one of the contributing
(fructose) you eat. factors to obesity.
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