Which of the following is (are) true of the oxidation of 1 mol of palmitate (a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid; 16:0) by the β-oxidation pathway, beginning with the free fatty acid in the cytoplasm?
1. Activation of the free fatty acid requires the equivalent of two ATPs.
2. Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) is produced.
3. Carnitine functions as an electron acceptor.
4. 8 mol of FADH2 are formed.
5. 8 mol of acetyl-CoA are formed.
6. There is no direct involvement of NAD+.
A) 1 and 5 only
B) 1,2,and 5
C) 1,2,and 6
D) 1,3,and 5
E) 5 only
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