State if each of the following processes release or require ATP:
g. activation of a fatty acid

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State if each of the following processes release or require ATP:

g. activation of a fatty acid

Accepted Answer

All right. Hello everyone. So this question is a true or false, if false, correct the following statement, the process of activating fatty acids releases a TP. So first and foremost, what does this mean? Right. What reaction are we talking about in this instance? Well, recall that during the activation of a fatty acid, when you take the fatty acid, which will draw an example of in a moment and reacted with co enzyme A or just coa that then is going to produce what's known as a fatty acyl coa to a fatty ay co because you're basically just combining these two components, right? So let's go through an example, starting off with a generic fatty acid which has a carboxylic acid group. At the very end, our other reagent is coenzyme A that has a free file group. So a free sh group at the end. So when you combine these two components together, water is released as a by-product. So you have the hydroxy group of the carboxylic acid and the hydrogen of the thio group in coenzyme A being released as a molecule of water. So this means that the sulfur of coenzyme A is now attached directly to the carbon carbon of the fatty acids, carboxylic acid group. And once again, there's water as a by-product of that process. Now, the reason why this process is known as activating a fatty acid is because the product that acyl coa is necessary for subsequent metabolic reactions. So now the question is, does this process actually release a TP that is produce a TP? And the answer is actually no, right? Because instead of this process producing a molecule of ATP, it's going to require input of A P because the enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is known as the acle, which I spelled wrong one second. But in any case, it's known as the acyl coa synthese and the acyl coa synthese requires a molecule of ATP to be put into the reaction to actually make it take place as a result of this, we also end up with one equivalent of a MP, adenosine monophosphate and pyrophosphate. So, going back to the statement that's given it's actually going to be false. And the reason for this is because the opposite is true instead that is the process of activating fatty acids requires A P instead of producing it and there you have it. So here is your final answer. And with that being said, thank you so very much for watching. And I hope you found this helpful

State if each of the following processes release or require ATP:
g. activation of a fatty acid

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Key Concepts

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

Fatty Acid Activation

Metabolic Pathways