do both fatty acid degradation and synthesis pathways are the same when the molecule to which the chain being synthesized or degraded is attached
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Fatty acid degradation (beta-oxidation) breaks down fatty acids to produce acetyl-CoA, while fatty acid synthesis builds fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA. Show more…
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