BCH210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Phosphodiesterase, Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase, Reversible Reaction
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Discussed earlier lectures the path she uses to provide energy for her running on glucose breakdown, mitochondrial oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation that provides atp for muscle contraction. Join soonye as she has reached her lifetime goal for soonye is both on canadian olympic team and is 2 hrs into her marathon race in olympics. Competing with field of international contenders and reached 32km mark of the. The race began at 5 pm to avoid main heat of day but still warm. Follow soonyes progress in later part of marathon to show how she uses fat to supply considerable atp for running and how her body adapts to extremes of exercise. Fatty acid esters of molecule glycerol -> three hydroxyl groups and each of these are ester linkage with fatty acid in triacylglycerol. Triacylglycerol are very efficient toward molecules of fatty acids. Fatty acids can be used as fuel compounds to support mitochondrial atp synthesis.
