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Acetyl

Acetyl

(Science: biochemistry, chemistry) this is the radical of acetic acid, it contains a carbonyl and a methyl group that is single-bonded to the carbon, an oxygen is single-bonded to the carbon, and the carbon has two other bonds to the rest of the molecule.


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Oxidation of one molecule of acetyl coA is the one Krebs cycle. In one Krebs cycle, produce 3 NADH, 1FADH2, 1 GTP 1 NADH = 3 ATP x 3 1FADH2 = 2 ATP x 1 1GTP = 1ATP ______________ Total: 12 ATP U have three acetyl CoA = 3 x 12 ATP = 36 ATP ...

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by david23
Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:46 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Calculating ATP
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Calculating ATP

Oxidation of one molecule of acetyl coA is the one Krebs cycle. In one Krebs cycle, produce 3 NADH, 1FADH2, 1 GTP 1 NADH = 3 ATP x 3 1FADH2 = 2 ATP x 1 1GTP = 1ATP ______________ Total: 12 ATP U have three acetyl CoA = 3 x 12 ATP = 36 ATP ...

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by mavis
Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:46 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Calculating ATP
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Calculating ATP

I am having trouble calculating ATP. I got this on a quiz: "Calculate the amount of ATP produced from the FULL oxidation of 3 Acetyl - CoA molecules in the aerobic ATP pathway"

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by kate1001
Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:53 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Calculating ATP
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Fatty acid Oxidation-ATP yeild

Fatty acids are both oxidized to acetyl-CoA and synthesized from acetyl-CoA. Although the staring material of one process is identical to the product of the other, fatty acid oxidation is not the simple reverse of fatty acid biosynthesis. ...

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by mariaijaz
Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:10 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Fatty acid Oxidation-ATP yeild
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Re: Gluconeogenesis

... same product. Some small amount of glucose may be found in your cells with no substrate from gluconeogenesis of residual metabolic intermediates? Acetyl-CoA, Oxaloacetate, malate, PEP or isomerization from fructose?

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by bytesyzechic
Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:07 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Gluconeogenesis
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