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Biochemist aya Biochemist aya
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12 years ago
What do you want calculated?
Biochemist a. Author
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12 years ago
sorry i want calculate ATP
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12 years ago Edited: 12 years ago, Biochemist aya
calculate the number of ATP in linoleic acid
and tripolmitin acid
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12 years ago
Well, for 1-linoleic acid, it's important that you know how many carbons make up the molecule. There are actually 18 carbons. Then you need to find out how many acetyl-CoA are made from the fatty acid. To do this, merely divide 18 (# of carbons) by the number of carbons found in acetyl-CoA (2 carbons per acetyl-Coa).

18 divided by 2 is 9

Therefore, 9 acetyl-Coa in 1-linoleic acid.

Now, for every acetyl-Coa, you will produce 10 ATP, so 90 ATPs

There will also be 8 QH2 (12 ATPs) and 8 NADH (20 ATPs).

8 x 1.5 = 12 ATP
8 x 2.5 = 20 ATP

The number 8 comes from the number of cycles needed (typically 1 less than the number of acetyl-CoA's made).

So, all-together:

12 + 20 + 90 = 122 ATPs

Activation of 1-linoleic acid uses 2 ATP... Take away 2 from the number above:

122 - 2 = 120 Net ATPs made Slight Smile

Now this process is different for odd-number fatty acids.
Biochemist a. Author
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12 years ago
but double bond in linoleic acid do not effect in calculation of ATP
Biochemist a. Author
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12 years ago
please any one try to solve this question
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12 years ago
but double bond in linoleic acid do not effect in calculation of ATP

What do you mean? You treat double bonds differently?
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