How do we deal with the double bonds during the degradation of unsaturated fatty acids?
A) Convert the three-carbon propionyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA and feed it into the TCA cycle.
B) Converge them with the TCA cycle to produce acetyl-CoAs.
C) Isomerize the position of the double bonds to converge them with the -oxidation pathway.
D) Reduce them to single bonds and feed the saturated fatty acid into the -oxidation pathway.
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