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Agriculture · Q569

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 569

Q569

For fatty acid synthesis, Acetyl Co-A comes from mitochondria to cytoplasm as

A.
Carnitine
B.
Malate
C.
Citrate
Answer
D.
Oxaloacetate

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
For fatty acid synthesis, Acetyl Co-A comes from mitochondria to cytoplasm as Citrate.
The biosynthesis of fatty acids is a multi-step process in the cytoplasm, mainly of the liver and fat cells.
Acetyl-CoA, a significant carbon input into the citric acid cycle, can be derived from glucose or fatty acids, however, a substantial portion of acetyl-CoA comes from glucose or more specifically, pyruvate. In the mitochondrial matrix, acetyl-CoA is condensed with oxaloacetate to form citrate through the action of citrate synthase in the tricarboxylic acid cycle.