Beta oxidation

Test Your Knowledge on Beta Oxidation

Welcome to the Beta Oxidation Quiz! This interactive quiz is designed to assess your understanding of the beta oxidation process, an essential metabolic pathway for fatty acids. Whether you're a student, educator, or just a biochemistry enthusiast, this quiz provides valuable insights.

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Multiple-choice questions covering key concepts
In-depth knowledge check on fatty acid metabolism
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Beta oxidation has four stages, namely

Cleavage, condensation, hydrolysis, hydration

Dehydration, phosphorylation, cleavage, condensation

Dehydrogenation, hydration, dehydrogenation, cleavage

Hydration, hydration, cleavage, cleavage

Which molecule is involved in the movement of fattyaceylCoA into the mitochondria

Succinate

Malate

Carnitine

Fumarate

When the fatty aceyl CoA is dehydrogenated, what molecule is reduced

ATP

H2O

NAD

FAD

Cleavage requires the addition of a CoA molecule and produces an acetylCoA and a new fatty aceyl CoA which is ____ carbons shorter

In the second dehydrogenation phase, what molecule is reduced

NAD

FAD

ATP

CO2

What protein is associated with the combination of the fatty aceyl CoA and carnitine to

TOM

Translocase

CPT1

CPT2

The addition of the aceyl CoA group onto a fatty acid requires

Condensation

Hydrolysis of ATP

Reduction of NAD

Phosphorylation of ADP

This produces

ADP

NADH

CoA

AMP + pyrophosphate

Beta oxidation

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