Part A How many cycles of oxidation are needed? Express your answer as an intege

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Part A

How many cycles of oxidation are needed?

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Part B

How many acetyl CoA units are produced?

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Part C

How many ATP can be generated from the oxidation of oleic acid?

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Oleic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid common in animal and vegetable oils. Answer each of the following for oleic acid:

Part A

How many cycles of oxidation are needed?

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Part B

How many acetyl CoA units are produced?

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Part C

How many ATP can be generated from the oxidation of oleic acid?

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Explanation / Answer

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Oleic acid has one double bond. It will undergo 8 cycles of beta oxidation to produce 9 acetyl CoA , 8 NADH , 7 FADH2.

each Acetyl coA gives 10 ATP , NADH gives 2.5 ATP , and FADH2 gives 1.5 ATP

Part A

8 cycles of beta oxidation are needed

Part B.

9 acetyl CoA units are produced

Part C

118.5 ATP can be generated

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