BIOCHEM 4M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Short-Chain Fatty Acid, Trans Fat, Lipoprotein Lipase
2 Feb 2017
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Biochem 4m03 lecture 8 - fatty acid absorption and lipolysis. Gonna get a bit of lipids from our meals as well. Major fuel source for most of the body in resting conditions, use it to supply atp cause they are an efficient way to generate atp: are a vital energy source that yield large amount of atp. In addition to yielding atp, used for synthesizing membranes to make new mitochondria, phospholipid membranes, everything. Are signaling molecules whole series of lipids used as signalling molecules ex. Polar end and nonpolar end of fatty acid. He"s not going to great detail of the structure. Most fatty acids we consume are stored as tag. Made of glycerol backbone and fatty acid chain. Many types, can be saturated, unsaturated, in different degrees of saturation and chain length. Palmitate has 16 carbons coming off glycerol backbone.
