Pristanal can be oxidized to pritanate This compound be furt

Pristanal can be oxidized to pritanate. This compound be further degraded by b-oxidation. What are the products?

Solution

First, the pristanal will be converted into pritanate through alpha oxidation and this reaction is catalyzed by an NAD(P) dependent fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase and then this pritanate will be degraded to propionyl-CoA by the peroxisomal beta oxidation

Pristanal----- alpha-oxidation--------> pritanate-------- beta-oxidation---------> propionyl-CoA