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Biosynthesis and breakdown of glucose share many common enzymes and reactions, but this is not the case in the metabolism of fatty acids. Compare and contrast fatty acid biosynthesis vs. beta-oxidation (location, acyl group carriers, redox cofactors, hydroxyacyl stereochemistry, C2 unit donors/acceptors, etc.).

Solution

Fatty acid synthesis and degradation are simply reversible processes .the important differences between these Pathways are as follows :

number 1: the synthesis of fatty acids takes place in the cytosol where as degradation takes place in mitochondrial matrix

number 2 intermediates in fatty acid synthesis are covalently linked to the sulfhydryl group of acyl career protein in The breakdown they are attached to coenzyme A.

Number 3 the enzymes of fatty acid synthesis in higher organisms all linked in single polypeptide chain old fatty acid synthase in the case of Degradation such Association is not found number 4 the growing fatty acid chain is continuous by the addition of two carbon units derived from acetyl coa. this elongation reaction is driven by the release of carbon dioxide

number 5 the Reductanat in fatty acid synthesis is NADPH where as in fatty acid degradation any fad and nad+ of oxidised.

Fatty acid synthesis is the rivers of Degradation because the final product is polymer which starts with monomer inactivated fatty acid is oxidised to introduce double bond which is hydrated to introduce oxygen finally the four carbon compoundt is breakdown by coenzyme A to yield acetyl coa and fatty acid chain shorter than the previous one.