What happens to fat and carbohydrate breakdown in terms of cellular location?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking about the specific cellular locations where the breakdown of fats and carbohydrates occurs. It is likely aimed at understanding cellular metabolism and the organelles involved in these biochemical processes.
Answer
Fat breakdown occurs in mitochondria; carbohydrates start in the cytoplasm and continue in mitochondria.
Fats are degraded to acetyl CoA in mitochondria, while carbohydrates are broken down in the cytoplasm during glycolysis, with subsequent processes occurring in mitochondria.
Answer for screen readers
Fats are degraded to acetyl CoA in mitochondria, while carbohydrates are broken down in the cytoplasm during glycolysis, with subsequent processes occurring in mitochondria.
More Information
In cellular metabolism, fats are broken down to acetyl CoA through β-oxidation in the mitochondria, and carbohydrates initially undergo glycolysis in the cytoplasm before being processed in the mitochondria.
Tips
A common mistake is not distinguishing between initial and subsequent stages of breakdown, such as glycolysis occurring first in cytoplasm before mitochondrial processes in carbohydrate metabolism.
Sources
- How Cells Obtain Energy from Food - Molecular Biology of the Cell - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Connections between cellular respiration and other pathways (article) - khanacademy.org
- 24.3 Lipid Metabolism – Anatomy & Physiology - open.oregonstate.education
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