What would be the ATP yield for palmitate; a 16 carbon fatty acid?

8 acetyl CoA enter citric acid cycle and give:

24 NADH = 72 ATP (by oxidative phosphorylation)

8 FADH2 = 16 ATP (by oxidative phosphorylation)

8 GTP = 8 ATP

7 NADH generated by beta oxidation itself = 21 ATP (by oxidative phosphorylation)

7 FADH2 generated by beta oxidation itself = 14 ATP (by oxidative phosphorylation)

Total number of ATP from 1 molecule of palmitate = 72 + 16 + 8 + 21 + 14 = 131.

so 1 molecule = 131 atp

16 Carbon Fatty Acid

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What would be the ATP yield for palmitate; a 16 carbon fatty acid?

Saturated; even numbered fatty acid

-Process requires input of 2 ATP to activate.

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palmitate is a 16 carbon fatty acid the oxidation of a molecule of palmitoyl CoA to CO2 and H2O produces 8 acetyl CoA, 7 NADH, and 7 FADH2, from which 131 ATP can be generated (electron transport chain); however, activation of the fatty acid requires 2 ATP. Thus, the net yield from palmitate is 129 ATP the no of acetyl CoA produced is no of C/2, the no of NADH and FADH2 is no of C - 1 because the last step only produces 1 NADH and FADH2 and 2 acetyl CoA

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