5.6.5 Respiration of Lipids

Question 1

What are the products when lipids are hydrolysed?

Answer 1

• Glycerol and fatty acids.

Question 2

What happens to glycerol when it is phosphorylated?

Answer 2

• Turns into triose phosphate.

Question 3

What are fatty acids converted into?

Answer 3

• Acetyl coenzyme A.

Question 4

What is the benefit of lipid products being oxidised?

Answer 4

• Yields many NADH and FADH molecules which can be fed into the ETC to produce large amounts of ATP.