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Which Path Could a Carbon Atom Follow If It Began \rightarrow

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Which path could a carbon atom follow if it began in an amino acid in a protein in some tuna that was eaten by a cat and eventually ended up in a lipid in the cell membrane of one of the cat's muscle cells?


A) Amino acid \rightarrow citric acid cycle \rightarrow acetyl CoA \rightarrow fatty acid \rightarrow triglyceride \rightarrow cell membrane
B) Amino acid \rightarrow acetyl CoA \rightarrow citric acid cycle \rightarrow pyruvate oxidation \rightarrow cell membrane
C) Amino acid \rightarrow pyruvate oxidation \rightarrow gluconeogenesis \rightarrow glucose \rightarrow glycerol \rightarrow triglyceride \rightarrow cell membrane
D) Amino acid \rightarrow electron transport \rightarrow citric acid cycle \rightarrow acetyl CoA \rightarrow lipid \rightarrow cell membrane
E) Amino acid \rightarrow citric acid cycle \rightarrow acetyl CoA \rightarrow pyruvate \rightarrow glycolysis \rightarrow glycerol \rightarrow triglyceride \rightarrow cell membrane

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