Question

From these 3 molecules: maltose, linoleic acid and histidine, solve:

1. Build the complete metabolic pathway to power generation, for each of the three molecules.
2. What is the energy efficiency of the metabolism of these three molecules (total number of ATP molecules generated)?
3. What is the balance of coenzymes of great reducing power NADH and FADH2 in this metabolic integration of the 3 molecules?
4. Identify the regulatory points that occur in the metabolism of the three molecules.
5. Identify the cellular compartments where each of the phases of the metabolism of the three molecules take place.

Answer 1

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2. Maltose is a dissachharide, it is composed of two molecules of glucose. 1 glucose molecule produce 38 ATP. Therefore maltose will produce 76 ATP.

The total ATP yield of oxidation of linoleic acid is 117 ATP.