NEET 1992 · Class 11

Respiration in Plants

Link between glycolysis, Krebs' cycle and β-oxidation of fatty acid or carbohydrate and fat metabolism is

  1. (A)oxaloacetic acid
  2. (B)succinic acid
  3. (C)citric acid
  4. (D)acetyl CoA

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

If fatty acids were to be respired they would first be degraded to acetyl CoA and enter the pathway.

Chapter
Respiration in Plants
Section
12.6 AMPHIBOLIC PATHWAY
Page
9
Words matched
19 of 19

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that fatty acids are degraded to acetyl CoA to enter the respiratory pathway, which directly establishes acetyl CoA as the link between β-oxidation of fatty acids and the central metabolic pathway.

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