Consider the complete oxidation of one mole of arachidic acid (20:0).     ___________ a. How many rounds of the β-oxidation pathway will be involved?     ___________ b. How many acetyl CoA will be produced?     ___________ c. How many NADH will be produced from all the rounds of the β-oxidation pathway?     ___________ d. How many ATP will eventually be produced from the complete oxidation of one mole of arachidoyl CoA?

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Chapter19: The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
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Consider the complete oxidation of one mole of arachidic acid (20:0).

    ___________ a. How many rounds of the β-oxidation pathway will be involved?

    ___________ b. How many acetyl CoA will be produced?

    ___________ c. How many NADH will be produced from all the rounds of the β-oxidation pathway?

    ___________ d. How many ATP will eventually be produced from the complete oxidation of one mole of arachidoyl CoA?

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