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Show the products of each step in the fatty acid oxidation of hexanoic acid.
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This is catalyzed by the enzyme acyl-CoA synthetase. \[ \text{Hexanoic acid} + \text{CoA-SH} + \text{ATP} \rightarrow \text{Hexanoyl-CoA} + \text{AMP} + \text{PPi} \] Show more…
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