FA Metabolism Flashcards
CM and VLDL upon delivering their FA stores become?
LDL
What is the process of LPL?
Lipoprotein lipase. Cleaves all three FA at tissue site. Glycerol is free to dissolve.
How quickly do glucose stores exhaust during exercise?
Roughly 40 min
What is the preferred storage form of energy in the body?
Triglycerides
What is the process of FA degredation?
Beta oxidation
Where does beta oxidation occur?
Inner Mitochondrial matrix
T or F: The more oxidized a carbon, the less energy it stores
T (reduced carbons are the most energetic
What are FA ultimately metabolized to?
Acetyl CoA
Glycerol is metabolized to?
First to dihydroxyacetone phosphate, then dihydroxyacetone phosphpate (DHAP) to glucose and acetyl CoA
Where is glycerol broken down?
Liver and kidneys
What is the one exception to FA transport regarding CM?
Serum albumin can transport FA from adipose to tissues (muscle)
Acyl CoA is made from?
FA taking 2 ATP
What is the regulated step of beta oxidation?
Carnitine Palmitoyl Shuttle
T or F: Energy is required for the carnitine palmitoyl shuttle
F (passive)
What two enzymes and where are they located are critical to the carnitine palmitoyl shuttle?
Acyl CoA is transported into intermembrane space of mitochondria by carnitine palmitoyl tranfersase I (CPS I). Then made into Fatty acyl carnitine which is transported CPS II into MM where is is remade into fatty acyl CoA and Carnitine is recylced
Per two carbons of a FA, what is made?
NADH, FADH2, and 1 Acetyl CoA
When there are 4 carbons left in acyl CoA, what is produced in Beta oxidation?
2 Acetyl CoA
Carnitine is associated with what enzyme in FA oxidation?
CPS II
Where is CPS I located?
Outer mitochondrial membrane
Where is CPS II located?
Inner mitochondrial membrane
How are odd chain fatty acids digested?
When 3 carbons left, biotin and B12 make 4 carbon succinyl CoA from carbon dioxide
How are double bonds oxidized in FA?
Enzymes exist to isomerize the the molecule into the trans intermediate, lose 1 ATP though in the move
Mutations in double bond isomerases would cause?
Lack of beta oxidation in unsaturated FA
What is the yield from a 12:0 FA energetically?
5 FADH2, 5 NAD, and 6 acetyl CoA giving 97 ATP minus 2 ATP for acyl CoA synthesis
Fat is roughly what times more efficient in storing energy per weight as glucose?
2.5
What is Zellweger syndrome?
No functional peroxisome leading to defect in FA>26 carbon oxidation and alpha oxidation. You see lots of long FA in blood clinically
What is Refsum syndrome?
Defect in degradation or methyl branched FA leading to accumulation of phytanic acid
What bodies are produced when starving or on a low carb diet?
Ketone bodies
Describe what happens metabolically when low carb diet?
Depletion of glucose stores via gluconeogenesis meaning that oxaloacetate is depleted. Accumulate Acetyl CoA from FA degredation. Acetyl CoA is converted to ketone bodies. All takes place in liver
What are the two major ketone bodies?
Acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate (also known as 3-hydroxybutyrate)
Acetoacetate is converted into?
Beta-hydroxybutyrate via a dehydrogenase and into acetone sponateously.