oxidation of fatty acidsThe second step is the oxidation of the fatty acid to a set of two-carbon acetate fragments with thioester linkages to CoA. This series of reactions, known as β-oxidation, takes place in the matrix of the mitochondrion. Since most biological fatty acids have an even number of carbons, the number of acetyl-CoA fragments derived from a specific fatty acid is equal to one-half the number of...
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