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What is a free fatty acid called?
unesterified
What is the structure of a fatty acid?
hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain with terminal carboxyl group
What type of fatty acid has no double bonds?
saturated
Are fatty acids with double bonds usually cis or trans?
Cis
how many carbons are between each double bond?
3
what is the number given to the carboxyl carbon, alpha carbon, beta carbon?
1
2
3
What are the two essential fatty acids?
Linoleic acid
Alpha-Linolenic acid
what becomes essential if linoleic acid is deficient?
arachidonic acid
What is needed for acetyl CoA to cross the mitochondrial membrane into the cytoplasm?
Acetyl and OAA cross via Citrate (citrate synthase)
CoA is able to cross on own
What enzyme is used to seperate citrate into Acetyl and OAA after it crosses the inner mito membrane?
ATP-Citrate lyase
What enzyme carboxylates Acetyl CoA to Malonyl CoA?
Acetyl CoA carboxylase and biotin
What enzyme is regulatory in the making of fatty acids?
acetyl CoA carboxylase
How many carbons are in a FA chain?
16
how many steps how many times to make palmitate?
7 steps repeated 5 times
What enzyme is used to attach fatty acids to glycerol back bone?
acyltransferase
what is needs to be removed before the last fatty acid is added?
phosphate
What is the glycerol backbone?
glycerol-3-phosphate
What enzyme converts DHAP to glycerol-3-phosphate?
Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
what enzyme is used to conver glycerol in the liver and kidney to glycerol-3-phosphate?
glycerol kinase
What converts FA to activeated form?
CoA
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bradley.knox
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BioChem Fatty Acid and Triglyceral metabolism
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Biochem
Updated
11/28/2012, 3:50:59 AM
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