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Chapter 29: Q29-39E (page 1012)

What general kind of reaction does FAD carry out?

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FAD carry out the dehydrogenation reaction in order to make conjugated double bonds in biomolecules.

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01

What is the FAD?

FAD acts as an extremely powerful oxidizing agent due to its positive standard reduction potential. This is used by the cell in a number of high-energy oxidation processes, such as the conversion of a carbon-carbon single bond to a carbon-carbon double bond in biomolecules.

02

State the type of a reaction that FAD carried out.

Therefore, FAD carry out the dehydrogenation reactions by making a carbon-carbon double bond from the saturated bond in the biomolecules and along with FADH2.

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