One difference between fatty acid metabolism and glucose met

One difference between fatty acid metabolism and glucose metabolism is that all the carbons in a fatty acid chain enter the Krebs Cycle, while only 4 out of the 6 carbons in glucose enter the Krebs Cycle.

True or False

Solution

Answer: False

Reason:

A 6-carbon glucose molecule is going to undergo glycolysis & undergoes split into two molecules of three-carbon pyruvates finally enter citric acid cycle (Krebs’s cycle) different from fatty acid metabolism, in which majority of carbon skeleton enters into the beta-oxidation to generate energy under fasting conditions.