Consider the saturated fatty acid, myristic acid (14:0). Enter your answers in the blanks below as whole numbers. PART A: How many $\beta$ oxidation cycles are required for complete oxidation of myristic acid? PART B: If one mole of myristic acid undergoes complete $\beta$ oxidation, it will produce: 7 mol of acetyl-CoA 6 mol of NADH 6 mol of FADH2 6 cycles PART C: What is the net ATP generated (or typical yield) by the $\beta$ oxidation of myristic acid? Hint: Assume that each FADH2 generates 1.5 ATP and each NADH generates 2.5 ATP. X 24 ATP
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The number of $\beta$ oxidation cycles required for complete oxidation is $n/2 - 1$, where $n$ is the number of carbons. In this case, $14/2 - 1 = 7 - 1 = 6$ cycles. Show more…
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