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A 12 carbon fatty acid generates 6 molecules of acetyl CoA. How many molecules of ATP can be generated from this fatty acid if you consider the production all the way through the electron transport chain?
6 acetyl CoA can be produced from the 12 carbon fatty acid.
acetyl CoA enters TCA cycle, via each TCA cycle 3 NADH, 1 FADH2, and 1 ATP.
total number of NADH produced via TCA cycle of 6 acetyl CoA via the TCA cycle= 63=18
total number of FADH2 produced via TCA cycle of 6 acetyl CoA via the TCA cycle= 61=6
total number of ATP produced via TCA cycle of 6 acetyl CoA via the TCA cycle= 61=6
total number of NADH produced from the fatty acid= 18
total number of FADH2 produced=6
total number of ATP can be produced from NADH= number of NADH3=183=54
total number of ATP can be produced from FADH2= number of FADH22=62=12
so total number of ATP can be produced from electron transport chain= number of ATP produced from TCA cycle + number of ATP produced via electron transport chain= 6+54+12= 72
total number of ATP produced from the fatty acid=72