Fatty Acids Are Activated to Acyl-CoAs and the Acyl Group

question 25

Multiple Choice

Fatty acids are activated to acyl-CoAs and the acyl group is further transferred to carnitine because:

• A) acyl-carnitines readily cross the mitochondrial inner membrane, but acyl-CoAs do not.
• B) acyl-CoAs easily cross the mitochondrial membrane, but the fatty acids themselves will not.
• C) carnitine is required to oxidize NAD⁺ to NADH.
• D) fatty acids cannot be oxidized by FAD unless they are in the acyl-carnitine form.
• E) None of the answers is correct.

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