EXAM 3 Flashcards
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Lipid digestion is mainly
triacylglycerols (90%)
10% of lipid digestion is
cholesterol, cholesteryl estres, phospholipids, and free fatty acids
what are the important enzymes for lipid digestion
pancreatic lipase
colipase
cholesterol esterase
what are the three sections of lipid metabolism
digestion
absorption
transport
T/F In lipid digestion it is possible for micelle formation
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In lipid absorption what occurs
formation of chylomicrons
List the different lipoproteins
chylomicrons
VLDL
LDL
IDL
HDL
what are the major form of energy storage in humans
triacylglycerols
The oxidation of fatty acids occurs in a repetitive four step process known as
β-oxidation
The processing of dietary lipids (which is primarily fats) occurs in 8 steps:
- Bile salts mix with fats in the small intestines to form mixed micelles
- Intestinal lipases degrade triacylglycerols to form the products of fatty acids and glycerol
- Fatty acids are taken up by the intestinal mucosa and converted into triacylglycerols
- Reconverted triacylglycerols are packaged with dietary cholesterol to from lipoprotein
aggregates called chylomicrons. - Chylomicrons are shuttled through the lymph system and the blood stream to various tissues.
- In the capillaries, extracellular lipoprotein lipase is activated by apoC-II to hydrolyze the
fatty acids and glycerol. - The fatty acids and glycerol are then taken up by cells.
- In muscle cells the fatty acids can be used, in adipocytes they are reesterfied for storage
as triacylglycerols.
Triacylglycerols are ____________ and thus must first be ___________ before they can be digested
insoluble
emulsified
define emulsification
the process by which fat globules are broken down into
droplets,
emulsification is facilitated by
bile salts and lipases
Bile salts/Bile acids are what kind of molecules and where are they synthesized and from what are they synthesized
amphiphilic molecules synthesized
from cholesterol in liver
Bile salts or bile acids are stored in and where are they released ?
the gall bladder
released into the small intestines for digestion purposes
T/F enzymes operate in an insoluble environment
F, operate in soluble environments
T/F Lipid Digestion is very minimal in the mouth and stomach
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Stomach contains __________ __________ where fat droplets are
gastric lipase
reduced in size
the action of bile salts producing solubilized fat globules like micelles is known as the process
emulsification
define emulsification
the breaking up of fat globules into smaller emulsion droplets
list the amphiphilic molecules that are present in biles
bile salts and phospholipids
Bile salts help solubilize …..
fat droplets into micelles
fat globules produced by bile salts are targets for
lipases
General characteristics of lipases
a class of esterases
hydrolyze glycerol backbones of lipids at specific locations of triacylglycerols (C1 or C3)
produced in the pancreas