1 SEM CARDLESS ACC W/RAVEN TEXT
1 SEM CARDLESS ACC W/RAVEN TEXT
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781265321062
Author: Raven
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Question
Book Icon
Chapter 7, Problem 1DA
Summary Introduction

To describe: The number of ATP molecules that would be produced by the oxidation of fatty acid that has 16 carbons.

Introduction:  The fatty-acid oxidation (β-oxidation) is a metabolic pathway. In this pathway, the fats are metabolized to release energy. The oxidation of fatty acid continually occurs, while it does not become a main source of energy until the animals’ carbohydrate resources are exhausted. The oxidation of fatty acid mainly occurs in peroxisomes in plant cells and mitochondria in animal cells.

Expert Solution & Answer
Check Mark

Explanation of Solution

During the catabolism of fats, one molecule of ATP is used in each round of beta-oxidation and produces one molecule each of NADH and FADH2. Seven rounds of beta-oxidation would convert the fatty acid into eight molecules of acetyl-CoA for a 16-carbon fatty acid. In the Krebs cycle, the oxidation of each acetyl-CoA produced 10 molecules of ATP.

Thus, the overall yield of ATP from 16-carbon fatty acid would be a net gain of 21 ATP from seven rounds of beta-oxidation (gain of 4 ATP per round – 1 per round of prime reaction) + 80 ATP from the oxidation of 8 acetyl-CoA = 101 ATP molecules.

Want to see more full solutions like this?

Subscribe now to access step-by-step solutions to millions of textbook problems written by subject matter experts!
Students have asked these similar questions
Using quail and chicken embryos, what kind of experiment would you conduct to test if rib forming somites have their axial identity specified before segmentation? How do we know this phenotype is due to axial identity being specified before segmentation and not due to our experimental method?
8. Aerobic respiration of a 5 mM solution of tripeptide that is composed of the following three amino acids; alanine, leucine and isoleucine. Alanine breaks down to pyruvate, leucine breaks down to Acetyl-CoA and isoleucine breaks down to succinyl-CoA. Alanine NADH FADH2 OP ATP SLP ATP Total ATP Leucine Isoleucine Totals Show your work using dimensional analysis here: 4
9. Aerobic respiration of one lipid molecule. The lipid is composed of one glycerol molecule connected to two fatty acid tails. One fatty acid is 12 carbons long and the other fatty acid is 18 carbons long in the figure below. Use the information below to determine how much ATP will be produced from the glycerol part of the lipid. Then, in part B, determine how much ATP is produced from the 2 fatty acids of the lipid. Finally put the NADH and ATP yields together from the glycerol and fatty acids (part A and B) to determine your total number of ATP produced per lipid. Assume no other carbon source is available. fatty acids glycerol 18 carbons 12 carbons 0=
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Biology
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, biology and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap ...
Biology
ISBN:9781285866932
Author:Lauralee Sherwood
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
ISBN:9781305577206
Author:Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
Biology
ISBN:9781305967359
Author:STARR
Publisher:CENGAGE L
Text book image
Concepts of Biology
Biology
ISBN:9781938168116
Author:Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise
Publisher:OpenStax College
Text book image
Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology
ISBN:9781337392938
Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Biology 2e
Biology
ISBN:9781947172517
Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
Publisher:OpenStax
Anaerobic Respiration; Author: Bozeman Science;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDC29iBxb3w;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY