Beta oxidation of odd chain fatty acid produces acetyl CoA and ______?: (A) Malonyl CoA, (B) Succinyl CoA, (C) Propionyl CoA, (D) Methylmanoyl CoA
Answer is C. Ans. (c) Propionyl CoARef: Harper's Biochemistry, 30th edn. pg. 224-26* Fatty acids with an odd number of carbon atoms are oxidized by the pathway of beta-oxidation, producing acetyl-CoA, until a three-carbon (propionyl-CoA) residue remains.* Odd-chain fatty acid is the only part of a fatty acid that is glucogenic.