Palmitic Acid-Energetics
Step 1 – Activation of Palmitic Acid [Loss of 2 ATP]
Step 2 – Break Down of Palmitic Acid into Acetyl CoA – Total 7 Cycles
- Each Cycle Produce 1 Mole of Each NADPH + FADH = 2.5 + 1.5 ATP = 4 ATP
- Total Energy Produced by this Step = 7 X 4 = 28 ATP
Fate 1– Generation of ATP by taking Acetyl CoA to Krebs’s Cycle [Total 8 Acetyl CoA]
- Total Energy Produced by this Step = 8 X 10 = 80 ATP
Fate 2– Conversion of Acetyl CoA to Acetoacetate
- Total Energy Produced / Lost by this Step = Zero
Fate 3– Conversion of Acetyl CoA to Beta Hydroxy Butyrate
- Loss of 1 Mole of NADPH = 4 X 2.5 = 10 ATP Lost
Fate 1 = 80 + 28 – 2 = 106 ATP
Fate 2 = 28 – 2 = 26 ATP
Fate 3 = 28 – 2 – 10 = 16 ATP