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beta-oxidation
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Alternative forms
- beta oxidation, β-oxidation
Noun
- (biochemistry) 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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