Becker's World of the Cell 9th Edition by Lewis Kleinsmith, Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni

Exercise 10

QUANTITATIVE Oxidation of Saturated Fatty Acids.
Calculate the number of FADH 2 , NADH, and acetyl CoA molecules produced when a molecule of palmitate (16 carbons)is degraded by oxidation.
(a)Compare that to the number produced from oxidation of stearate (18 carbons).
(b)Write an equation for the number of acetyl CoA, FADH 2 , and NADU molecules produced from a fatty acid of n carbons ( n = an even number).
(c)Following complete oxidation of the acetyl CoA molecules in the citric acid cycle and electron transport to oxygen, how many ATP will be produced from palmitate and stearate
(d)Write an equation for the number of ATP produced from complete oxidation of a fatty acid of n carbons ( n = an even number).