Fatty acid oxidation

[Fortissimo]

Could someone explain to me how the total number of molecules of water produced for the complete oxidation of palmitoyl coA to water and CO2 is calculated?

[CaptainPanic]

If you completely oxidize any hydrocarbon (containing C, H, possibly O), then there will be only 2 products: CO2 and H2O.

 

Therefore, all the hydrogen (H) will form water (H2O)

All the carbon © will form carbon dioxide (CO2).

 

Now all you have to do is to calculate the amount of H and C in the palmitoyl coA to get the answer.

 

Note that there is already a little oxygen on the fatty acid (the acid group), so if you need to know how much oxygen you must add, subtract those oxygens to get an answer to that.

[Fortissimo]

Yeah I know all that but in oxidative phosphorylation, isn't a molecule of water formed per condensation of ADP and inorganic P?