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What is the outcome of the accumulation of acetyl-CoA in the mitochondria of the liver?

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What is the outcome of the accumulation of acetyl-CoA in the mitochondria of the liver?

(a) It is used as an energy source

(b) It has broken down in to free fatty acids

(c) It gets converted to oxaloacetate

(d) It forms ketone bodies

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Right choice is (d) It forms ketone bodies

For explanation: Most of the acetyl-CoA has been used by citric acid cycle but during starvation acetyl-CoA accumulated in the mitochondria of liver and forms ketone bodies. Formation of ketone bodies by acetyl-CoA is known as ketogenesis.

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