Explain how fatty acids are activated in the cytoplasm and ultimately transporte

Fatty acids are activated by adding CoA to the molecule, which also requires the hydrolysis of a molecule of ATP (mediated by fatty acyl-CoA ligase (also called acyl-CoA synthetase or thiokinase). For entry into the mitochondrion, the CoA is exchanged for carnatine by carnatine transferase I. The fatty acyl-carnitine intermediate is then transported inside the membrane of the mitochondrion, where the reverse reaction takes place using an exchange by carnitine palmitoyl transferase II. The fatty acyl-CoA is now available for oxidation.