While going for oxidation in the mitochondria, free fatty acid are transpoed by:
High-Yield Explanation
Free fatty acids (FFA)-also called unesterified (UFA) or nonesterified (NEFA) fatty acids--are fatty acids that are in the unesterified state. In plasma, longer chain FFA are combined with albumin, and in the cell they are attached to a fatty acid binding protein. Shoer chain fatty acids are more water-soluble and exist as the unionized acid or as a fatty acid anion. Ref: Botham K.M., Mayes P.A. (2011). Chapter 22. Oxidation of Fatty Acids: Ketogenesis. In D.A. Bender, K.M. Botham, P.A. Weil, P.J. Kennelly, R.K. Murray, V.W. Rodwell (Eds), Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 29e.