Unit II week 2 Flashcards
Rank in order from most polar to nonpolar:
free fatty acids cholesterol cholesterol esters triglycerides phospholipids
Most polar: fatty acid
- -> phospholipids
- -> cholesterol
- -> triglyceride
- -> cholesterol ester (most nonpolar)
Types of specialized lipids: (4)
1) Phospholipids
2) Sphingolipids
3) Glycosphingolipid
4) Molecules made from arachidonic acid
Glycerophospholipids
structure
glycerol backbone + PO4 group attached
located at interface of lipid and aqueous in membranes or at the surface of lipoproteins
amphipathic molecule
Glycosphingolipid
structure
ceramide backbone + sugar residue on head group
De Novo Lipogenesis occurs when _______ is present in ______ or _______ tissues in excess
glucose
liver, adipose
De Novo Lipogenesis
1) Acetyl CoA + ________–> ______ (leave ______ and enter ______)
2) Citrate –> _______ in the ________
3) Acetyl CoA –> ________ via _______ enzyme
4) ______ CoA units are put together 2 carbons at a time by _________ (enzyme) to form growing fatty acid chain (first 2 carbons from ______ CoA)
1) Acetyl CoA + OAA→ citrate (leave mitochondria, enter cytosol)
2) citrate –> aceyl CoA (cytosol)
3) Acetyl CoA → Malonyl CoA by acetyl-CoA carboxylase
4) Malonyl CoA units are put together 2 carbons at a time by fatty acid synthase to form growing fatty acid chain (first 2 carbons from acetyl CoA)
Malonyl CoA
inhibits _________
important intermediate of fatty acid synthesis
Inhibits Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase 1 (CPT-1)
–> Inhibits Beta-oxidation of fatty acids (pathway going in opposite direction)
Fatty acid synthase
Uses NADPH (hexose monophosphate pathway) for energy
Converte malonyl CoA —> fatty acids (palmitate) via addition of carbons 2 at a time
first 2 carbons come from acetyl CoA
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
why is it important? what reaction does it catalyze?
Activated by _______
Inhibited by ____________
Converts Acetyl CoA → Malonyl CoA
Rate limiting step in fatty acid synthesis
Activated by citrate
Inhibited by long chain fatty acyl CoA
Fatty acids are packaged with ______ –> ________ –> circulate in blood as ________
Then taken up by adipose tissue through _________ –> stored and used when body is in negative energy balance
glycerol –> triglyceride
VLDL
Lipoprotein lipase
Hormone sensitive lipase
insulin low, counterregulatory hormones high → breaks down triglyceride in adipose tissue
Releases fatty acids and glycerol → enter circulation, taken up by liver
Beta oxidation
occurs when body in negative energy balance (exercise, short-term fasting)
Provides source of energy to preserve glucose for the brain and provides energy (ATP) needed for gluconeogenesis in liver
Steps of Beta oxidation
1) __________ breaks down ________ releasing fatty acids and glycerol into circulation –> taken up by ________
2) Once there…
Glycerol –> substrate for ________
Fatty acid –> __________
3) Fatty acid in _______ of hepatocyte –> converted to __________ –> enters _______ via ______________
4) 2 carbons at a time removed from _________ as ________ –> can enter __________ pathway
1) Hormone sensitive lipase, triglycerides, liver
2) glycerol = substrate for gluconeogenesis
Fatty acids = energy source for gluconeogenesis
3) cytosol, converted to acyl-carnitine
enters mitochondria via carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 (CPT1)
4) 2C removed at a time from fatty acyl CoA as acetyl CoA –> can enter TCA cycle
Ketogenesis
insulin very low/absent, counterregulatory hormones high (long-term fasting, ketogenic diet, DKA)
Acetyl CoA produced by B-oxidation in liver can become a ketone body
Ketones = alternate fuel for brain and other tissues in states of prolonged dietary glucose insufficiency
Ketone bodies formed during: ________, _________, and _______
because of what 3 conditions?
starvation, DKA, alcoholic ketoacidosis
1) Very low insulin levels
2) High counterregulatory hormones
3) Abundant source of substrate (fatty acids, ethanol)
**Ketones only formed when acetyl CoA produced by fatty acid metabolism (or ethanol metabolism) exceeds capacity of TCA cycle to metabolize it (ATP/ADP is high)
HMG CoA synthase
rate limiting step in ketogenesis (synthesizes hydroxyl methylglutaryl CoA)
Occurs in mitochondria
Cholesterol synthesis
Cholesterol synthesis from _______ through formation of ________
rate limiting step?
location in cell?
does it require energy?
Cholesterol synthesis from acetyl CoA through formation of hydroxymethyl glutaryl CoA
- *HMG CoA Reductase: rate limiting step in cholesterol synthesis
- Occurs in cytosol
- Uses NADPH for energy
Lipoprotein pathways: 3 pathways
1) Dietary fat pathway (Chylomicron pathway)
2) VLDL pathway
3) HDL pathway
Fatty Acids
hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain + terminal carboxyl group (- charge in body)
Amphipathic nature
Long chain fatty acids
hydrophobic portion predominates, water insoluble, transported in circulation with proteins
Typically components of cell membranes
Saturated vs. unsaturated fatty acids
Saturated fatty acids: contain no double bond
Unsaturated fatty acids: contain one or more double bonds (cis) → bending, decreases melting temperature (liquid at room temperature, increased fluidity)
Naming fatty acids:
Length of carbon chain (beginning with carboxyl carbon as 1), and number of double bonds (+ position of double bonds)
Omega = end closest to methyl group
________ and _________ are dietary essential fatty acids because human cells do not have enzyme to introduce double bonds between carbon _____ and _______ end of fatty acids
Linoleic acid (omega 6) and Linolenic acid (omega 3)
carbon 9 and omega end
Linoleic acid → ?
Linolenic acid → ?
Linoleic acid → precursor for arachidonic acid (PG synthesis)
Linolenic acid → important for growth and development