Beta oxidation is the process by which fatty acids, in the form of Acyl-CoA molecules, are broken down in mitochondria and/or in peroxisomes to generate Acetyl-CoA, the entry molecule for the Krebs cycle.
Overview
![](http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~blanch/Bob/Images/beta.gif)
Steps
![](http://www.genomeknowledge.org/figures/saturatedbetao.jpg)
one step of deacetylation involves the net synthesis of
Reactome pathway
Interactions
![](http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v9/n3/images/nrm2327-f1.jpg)