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beta-oxidation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
be-ta-ox-i-da-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down in the cytosol in prokaryotes and in the mitochondria in eukaryotes to generate acetyl-CoA, NADH, and FADH₂.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

beta oxidation (alternative) β-oxidation (alternative)

Questions

What does beta-oxidation mean?
The catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down in the cytosol in prokaryotes and in the mitochondria in eukaryotes to generate acetyl-CoA, NADH, and FADH₂.

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