CHEM 153C Lecture 3: FA oxidation KBs glyoxylate
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The citrate synthase, aconitase, and malate dehydrogenase of the glyoxylate cycle are isozymes of the citric acid cycle enzymes; isocitrate lyase and malate synthase are unique to the glyoxylate cycle. Notice that two acetyl groups (light red) enter the cycle and four carbons leave as succinate (blue). The glyoxylate cycle was elucidated by hans kornberg and neil madsen in the laboratory of. Pathway in plants that allows them to convert accoa into glucose. Triacylglycerols (triglycerides) are the most abundant dietary lipids, & the form in which we store reduced carbon for energy. Each triacylglycerol has a glycerol backbone to which is esterified 3 fatty acids. Most are mixed, with different fatty acids varying in chain length & double bonds. Figure 10 4a fat stores in cells. (a) cross section of human white adipose tissue. Each cell contains a fat droplet (white) so large that it squeezes the nucleus (stained red) against the plasma membrane.
