Biochemistry II
Biochemistry II
Question 2: Lipid Metabolism (25pts)
Palmitic Acid [CH3 (CH2)14COOH]
Please provide sufficient detail of the catabolic and anabolic pathways of plamitic acid to answer the following:
2. (a). How many ATP equivalents are produced when one molecule of Palmitic Acid is oxidized by the fatty acd B-oxidation pathways?
2. (b). How many ATP equivalent are consumed when one molecule of Palmitic-Coa is formed by the fatty biosynthetic pathway?
[Assume each NADH is worth 3.0 ATP, each FADH, is worth 2.0 ATP, and each NADH is woeth 4.0 ATP]
2.(c). Would you expect the ATP produced to be equivalent to the ATP consumed?