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  • ICAR and TNAU E-Course Summarized

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  • End product of B-oxidation of fatty acid is –

    Question: End product of B-oxidation of fatty acid is –

    Options:

    Pyruvic acid
    CO2
    Acetyl CoA
    None of these

    ✅Explanation:
    -Beta-oxidation is a metabolic pathway that breaks down fatty acids (long chains of hydrocarbons) into smaller molecules for energy production.
    -During each cycle of beta-oxidation, two acetyl CoA molecules are produced as the primary end product.
    -Acetyl CoA is a crucial intermediate molecule that fuels the citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) in the mitochondria, where most of the ATP (cellular energy) is generated from fatty acids.

    📌📌Other Options:
    -(a) Pyruvic acid: This is a product of glycolysis, the breakdown of glucose in the cytoplasm.
    -(b) CO2: Carbon dioxide is released as a waste product during both beta-oxidation and the citric acid cycle.

    🛑Aditional Information:
    -All the energy required for ‘life’ processes is obtained by oxidation of some macromolecules that we call ‘food’. 
    -The release of energy through oxidation is called respiration.
    -Types of respiration-
    -When respiratory substrates are carbohydrates like glycogen, starch, sucrose, hexose, or fats, then respiration is known as floating respiration.
    -When protein is oxidized in respiration, then respiration is known as protoplasmic respiration.
    -β-oxidation is the oxidation of fatty acid.
    -Oxidation of fatty acids means the breakdown of fatty acids to produce energy.
    -Fatty acids are the main energy source.
    -The complete oxidation of food with the use of oxygen and when entire carbon released, as CO2 is called aerobic respiration. 
    -Exceptionally oxidation of proteins in legume seeds is called floating respiration.

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