Consider docosanoic acid C12H43CO2H a. Label the alpha and beta Carbons. Show the beta-oxidation in an EXPANDED structure. b. Draw each acyl CoA derived from this fatty acid. c. How many acetyl Co A molecules are formed by complete beta-oxidation?

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Consider docosanoic acid C12H43CO2H

a. Label the alpha and beta Carbons. Show the beta-oxidation in an EXPANDED structure.

b. Draw each acyl CoA derived from this fatty acid.

c. How many acetyl Co A molecules are formed by complete beta-oxidation?

d. How many cycles of beta-oxidation are needed for complete oxidation?

e. How many molecules of ATP are formed from the complete catabolism of this fatty acid? Show the complete computation.

f. How many moles of ATP per gram of fatty acid is formed from the complete catabolism of the given fatty acid?

g. What is the molar mass of the given fatty acid?

Solution: Show here the complete computations, [from a to e]

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