Question

Beta oxidation of saturated fatty acid (palmitic acid)

Answer 1

Answer:

β Oxidation

For example, the 16-carbon fatty acid palmitic acid (palmitate at pH 7) undergoes seven passes through this oxidative sequence, in each pass losing two carbons as acetyl-CoA. At the end of seven cycles the last two carbons of palmitate (originally C-15 and C-16) are left as acetyl-CoA.

Answer 2

Answer:

Palmitoyl-CoA undergoes β-oxidation, a process of breaking down a long-chain acyl-CoA molecule to acetyl-CoA molecules. ... Hence, oxidation of palmitic acid, which has 16 carbon atoms, produces 8 acetyl-CoA, 7 NADH,H+, and 7 FADH2 (Eqn 5).