Home | Outline | FAQ | Search | Feedback OUTLINE -->QUICKMENU I. Significance of Fatty Acid Metabolism II. Acetyl CoA -- The Center of Lipid Metabolism III. General Features of Fatty Acid Structure IV. Nomenclature V. De novo Synthesis of Fatty Acids VI. Modification of Dietary and Endogenous Fatty Acids VII. Mobilization and Transport of Adipose Fatty Acid VIII. Fatty Acid Activation and Transport into the Mitochondria IX. Mitochondrial beta-oxidation X. Synthesis and Utilization of Ketone Bodies XI. Overall Regulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism
A second dehydrogenation, of the alcohol, occurs in a NAD-linked reaction catalyzed by beta-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase. The product is a ketone.