Question 48

(Short Answer)

Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding fatty acid metabolism. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TTTT.
( ) Most animals derive their energy from fatty acids between meals.
( ) Fatty acids are converted to acetyl CoA in the cytosol, which is then transported into mitochondria for further oxidation.
( ) Fatty acids are stored in fat droplets in the form of triacylglycerols.
( ) The breakdown of fatty acids into each acetyl CoA unit requires the hydrolysis of two ATP molecules.

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Between meals, fatty acids stored in t...

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