Alpha oxidation of dietary phytanic acid takes place in which of the following cell structures?
Correct Answer: Peroxisomes
Description: Alpha-oxidation takes place in peroxisomes to break down dietary phytanic acid, which cannot undergo beta-oxidation due to its b-methyl branch, into pristanic acid, which can. Alpha oxidation (a-oxidation) is a process by which ceain fatty acids are broken down by removal of a single carbon from the carboxyl end.
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