Write your answers to the following four questions in the bo…
Write your answers to the following four questions in the box below. Explain what drives the initial palmitate reaction to tagging the palmitate to completion. (2 pts.) Briefly outline how this prepared fatty acid is transported from the cytosol to the matrix. (2 pts.) The final enzyme of the series of reactions of β-oxidation that releases acetyl-CoA uses covalent catalysis. What is the nature of the covalent bond between the substrate and this enzyme? (2 pts.) Under fasting conditions in the liver, the level of oxaloacetate falls. Briefly explain why this happens and how this would affect acetyl-CoA levels in the matrix. (2 pts.)