Fatty Acid Degradation
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Q. Which of the following statements about fatty acids is incorrect?
a
Carbons are removed from fatty acids by 2 carbon increments.
b
Fatty acid degradation is also known as beta-oxidation because oxidation occurs at the beta carbon of the fatty acid tail.
c
Succinyl-CoA is the only fatty acid that can be used as a substrate for gluconeogenesis.
d
All fatty acids need to use the carnitine shuttle to enter the mitochondria.
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