Lesson 975 of 1524
The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways
Although the details of specific biochemical pathways are sometimes complex, all the reactions that occur follow the normal rules of organic chemical reactivity
Practice this chapterAlthough the details of specific biochemical pathways are sometimes complex, all the reactions that occur follow the normal rules of organic chemical reactivity The catabolism of fats begins with digestion, in which ester bonds are hydrolyzed to give glycerol and fatty acids.
The fatty acids are degraded in the four-step β -oxidation pathway by removal of two carbons at a time, yielding acetyl CoA. Metabolism is the sum of all chemical reactions in the body.
fatty acids — degraded in the four-step β -oxidation pathway by removal of two carbons at a time, yielding acetyl CoA. details of specific biochemical pathways — sometimes complex, all the reactions that occur follow the normal rules of organic chemical reactivity.
Worked example
What does “fatty acids” mean in The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for fatty acids.
- 2The book says: degraded in the four-step β -oxidation pathway by removal of two carbons at a time, yielding acetyl CoA.
- 3Do not use the meaning of details of specific biochemical pathways. That term means sometimes complex, all the reactions that occur follow the normal rules of organic chemical reactivity.
Result: degraded in the four-step β -oxidation pathway by removal of two carbons at a time, yielding acetyl CoA
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for fatty acids.
Do not swap fatty acids and details of specific biochemical pathways. fatty acids means degraded in the four-step β -oxidation pathway by removal of two carbons at a time, yielding acetyl CoA. details of specific biochemical pathways means sometimes complex, all the reactions that occur follow the normal rules of organic chemical reactivity.
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