Oleate is a C fatty acid with one double bond between the andcarbons. The ? oxidation of a saturated fatty acid with anequivalent number of carbons would yield ATP: cycles of ? oxidation= ATP; acetyl-CoA yield ATP via the citric acid cycle and oxidativephosphorylation; and ATP are consumed in activating the fatty acid.During ? oxidation of oleate, the presence of the double bondallows the FADH2-generating acyl-CoA dehydrogenase step to beskipped, at a cost of ATP equivalents. Therefore, the ATP yieldfrom oleate is .
