CARBS

 glucose         C-C-C-C-C-C

 pyruvate       2 C-C-C

 AcoA            2 C-C into KC

                  FATS

 6C Fatty acid  C-C-C-C-C-C

 AcoA           3 C-C into KC
                         + 2 FADH
                         + 2 NADH


     6C  glucose =  38 ATP
  6C fatty acid =  48 ATP

 

                 
Fatty-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase is a homotetramer with each subunit containing roughly
400 amino acids and one FAD molecule per monomer and can bind a range of FA chain
lengths. A glutamate residue deprotonates the beta-carbon.



 

 

 

 

 

 

beta oxidation
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