Answer
This can be calculated by counting the number of carbon molecules and then divide the amount counted by 2. This will find the number of acetyl Coa molecules. Each of the acetyl CoA molecules create 12 ATP in each Krebs Cyle. After doing this with the 18 carbon fatty acid this will give us 9 acetyl Coa molecules and a total of 108 ATP is given by the oxidative pathways. There is more 9 is given off by electron transport oxidation by 3 NADH+ and H+, 2 from 1 FADH2 , and a yield of 1 ATP by the kreb cycle. When there is a release of acetyl CoA from beta oxidation then there is an additional release by NADH+ and H+ and FADH2 is made which reoxidzed. This creates 5 more ATP. This would happen 8 more times creating 40 ATP and we must minue the ones used to fuel the process totaling up to 147 ATP from a 18-carbon fatty acid.
Work Step by Step
This can be calculated by counting the number of carbon molecules and then divide the amount counted by 2. This will find the number of acetyl Coa molecules. Each of the acetyl CoA molecules create 12 ATP in each Krebs Cyle. After doing this with the 18 carbon fatty acid this will give us 9 acetyl Coa molecules and a total of 108 ATP is given by the oxidative pathways. There is more 9 is given off by electron transport oxidation by 3 NADH+ and H+, 2 from 1 FADH2 , and a yield of 1 ATP by the kreb cycle. When there is a release of acetyl CoA from beta oxidation then there is an additional release by NADH+ and H+ and FADH2 is made which reoxidzed. This creates 5 more ATP. This would happen 8 more times creating 40 ATP and we must minue the ones used to fuel the process totaling up to 147 ATP from a 18-carbon fatty acid.
