Assume that 2.5 ATPs are generated per NADH and 1.5 ATPs per FADH2. What is the total number of ATPs generated from 8 acetyl-SCoA molecules? Express your answer as an integer. ANSWER 80 ATP(s)
Part C Assume that 2.5 ATPs are generated per NADH and 1.5 ATPs per FADH2. How many ATPs are generated from the FADH2 and NADH molecules from each repetition of the β-oxidation pathway? Express your answer as an integer. 4 ATP(s)
Part D Activation of the fatty acid (converting it to fatty acyl-SCoA) requires the expenditure of 2 ATPs. Use your answers from parts B and C to calculate the total number of ATPs generated from the metabolism of a saturated fatty acid with 16 carbon atoms including both the citric acid cycle and the β-oxidation pathway as well as the initial ATP required to produce the acyl-SCoA molecule that starts the process. Express your answer as an integer.
