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Hello, students.
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Now, in this question, they have asked the enzyme that is required for the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids, but not the oxidation of saturated fatty acids.
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Now, what is this unsaturated and saturated? saturated fatty acids are the one wherein there is only single bond that is present in their fatty acid chain, right? and unsaturated will be the one that has double and triple bonds in them.
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So, the main step that is involved in the oxidation of the fatty acids is this.
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Firstly, you will observe that the acetyl co -a group from the fatty acid needs to be removed.
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So that is what you will observe with respect to the fatty acids.
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So here, what you will see is that with respect to unsaturated fatty acids, one extra step is involved.
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What is that extra step? basically, it is the hydration reaction wherein a water molecule is added in such a way that the double bond that is present between a particular carbon atom, between two carbon atoms, that will be hydrated into a single bond...