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10 years ago
A triglyceride that has fatty acids with a 10 carbon tail; calculate total energy produced when the triglyceride enters the cell respiration pathways?
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In a 10 carbon fatty acid, it will take 4 cycles of beta-oxidation to generate 5 acetyl-CoA.

Each acetyl-CoA produces 10 ATP, so 10 * 5 = 50 ATP's. You will also produce 4 QH2 (4 * 1.5 = 13.5 #1), 4 NADH (4 * 2.5 = #2) molecules during the beta-oxidation cycles.

(50 + #1 + #2) - 6 (activation of fatty acid - 2 per fatty acid, triglyceride has 3, so 2*3) = Answer

Note: Please take the number you find with a grain of salt, because your teacher may have given you different ratios.
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