Select the correct statement. In the process of fatty acid breakdown, the fatty acids are converted to acyl-CoAs and the acyl group is further transferred to carnitine due to _____
A) fatty acids cannot be oxidized by FAD unless they are in the acyl-carnitine form.
B) acyl-CoA is converted to acyl-carnitine to facilitate transport across the mitochondrial membrane.
C) carnitine is required to oxidize NAD+ to NADH.
D) none of the listed answers are correct.
E) acyl-carnitines readily cross the mitochondrial inner membrane, but acyl-CoAs do not.