MCM- Lipid Catabolism Flashcards
How many phases of fatty acid breakdown are there
2 phases
What is Phase 1 of Fatty Acid Breakdown
Transport of free fatty acids into the mitochondrial matrix
What is Phase 2 of Fatty Acid Breakdown
Beta-Oxidation
What shuttle transports free fatty acids into the mitochondrial matrix
Carnitine Shuttle
Two Sources of Fatty Acids
Dietary Fats and Stored Fats
Where does Fatty Acid Activation Occur
The Cytosol
What is bound to Fatty Acids in the cytosol
Albumin
What is Albumin’s goal when bound to Fatty Acids
Keep it soluble
Once activated what is the form of the Fatty Acid
Fatty Acyl-CoA
Can Fatty acyl-CoA get into the Mitochondria
No; the outside membrane of the mitochondria is impermeable to Fatty Acyl-CoA
Why does Fatty Acid Activation need to occur
Because Fatty Acids bound with albumin are impermeable to the plasma membrane
What happens to Fatty Acyl-CoA to get into the inner membrane
Carnitine is added and CoA is detracted making Fatty Acyl-Carnitine
What happens to Fatty Acyl Carnitine once it is in the mitochondrial matrix of the mitochondria
Carnitine is removed and Fatty Acyl-CoA is remade
What happens to Fatty Acyl-CoA once it is remade in the Mitochondrial Matrix
Beta-Oxidation
Which Fatty Acids can diffuse into the Mitochondria
Short and Medium Chain
What is the rate limiting step of the Carnitine Shuttle
Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase-1; CPT1
What inhibits Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase-1
Malonyl-CoA
Where is the Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase-1 located
In the mitochondrial intermembrane space
What are the products of Beta Oxidation and where do they go
Acetyl-CoA; enters the TCA cycle
FADH2; delivers electrons to Ubiquinone of ETC
NADH; delivers electrons to Complex 1 of ETC
How many steps of Beta Oxidation are there
Four
What are the four steps of Beta Oxidation
- Oxidation
- Hydration
- Oxidation
- Thiolysis