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Um...what in the world is β-oxidation?
Relax, I’m getting to it! Take a look at this diagram.
j Fatty Acid eight molecules
k Acyl-CoA of Acetyl-CoA
Cytoplasm
l Acyl-carnitine Palmitic Acid (C 16 )
This process
is repeated
many times.
Acyl-CoA again
Mitochondria There are two
fewer carbon
atoms in Acyl-Coa.
Acetyl-CoA
Citrate
Citric acid
cycle
β-oxidation
Fatty acid becomes acetyl-CoA through β-oxidation. Remember when we talked
about acetyl-CoA earlier? (See page 115.)
It’s the stuff that appears in the first step of the citric acid cycle, right?
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