Explain the regulation of lipid metabolism

Q: Map out the metabolic pathway of lipid metabolism

A: Lipid metabolism can be explained from catabolism and anabolism. In lipid catabolism reaction,…

Q: Explain how glucose is broken down in general.

A: Carbohydrates are divided into 3 classes monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide.…

Q: Explain Fatty acid oxidation process.

A: Lipids are macromolecules which is insoluble in water. They are not polymers like the other…

Q: Identify ketone bodies, describe their properties and synthesis, and explain their role in…

A: Ketone bodies are the water-soluble molecules containing the ketone group that are produced by the…

Q: Explain the principal events of the catabolism of glycerol and fatty acids.

A: Metabolism is defined as the sum total of all the chemical reactions taking place in a cell to…

Q: Describe the process involved in the hydrolysis reaction for carbohydrates, and name the organ that…

A: The monosaccharide units of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides are linked through glycosidic…

Q: Provide an example of a water-soluble vitamin and a fat-solublevitamin, and explain why each is…

A: The vitamin term is derived from the word “vitamine”. Vitamins are the organic molecules that are…

Q: At high lipid intake but low CHO intake, the body adjusts to a different pathway. Explain in…

A: Lipids are water insoluble organic compounds that are stored in the form of triglycerides (fats) in…

Q: Define glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, and lipogenesis. Which is (are) likely to be…

A: Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the three macronutrients that are present in our food.…

Q: Describe the lipoproteins that transport lipids in the blood.

A: Lipids can be defined as the macromolecules that are made up of hydrocarbons. The lipids make up…

Q: Describe ketone bodies and their role in metabolism

A: Ketone bodies are predominant furl sources for all evolutionary domains of life. The body can use…

Q: Differentiate between the types of essential fatty acids and their functions.

A: Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that humans and other animals must intake or consume…

Q: Explain the lipid metabolism ?

A: Lipids are hydrocarbons that are insoluble in water and responsible for the structural framework of…

Q: Explain similarities between the autoignition of hexanes and the digestion of lipids.

A: Hexane refers to the alkane having six carbon atoms. Its chemical formula is C6H14. It is unbranched…

Q: Define vitamin. Explain how we obtain vitamins. Distinguish between a fat-soluble vitamin and a…

A: The body requires several macronutrients out of which vitamins are one of them.

Q: Lipid absorption involves hydrolysis of dietary fat in the lumen of the intestine followed by the…

A: Lipids are synthesised by the smooth endoplasmic reticulum. For absorption of dietary fats, lipids…

Q: Identify whether the fatty acid is essential or non-essential: HO, O Non-essential Fatty Acid O…

A: Fatty acids are the simplest form of lipids and serve as constituents in a large number of complex…

Q: Explain why some dietary lipid is a necessary part of a balanced diet.

A: Lipids are defined as molecules that have hydrocarbons and form the building blocks of the structure…

Q: Explain the chain of events when glucose molecules are released into the blood (from food). Include…

A: Every living organism present on the earth requires energy for their growth, development  and…

Q: How the body responds to the glucose level of a food. ?

A: The food we eat contain nutrients in a a complex form. These complex compounds are broken down into…

Q: Describe the pathway by which glucose is converted into fat.

A: Glucose is converted into fat through the process of fatty acid synthesis. There is a process called…

Q: Explain the functions, food sources of Thiamine(vitamin B1) ?

A: Thiamine or vitamin B1 is naturally present in some food items and is also manufactured to supply in…

Q: Describe how the acetyl units would be used during [normal/low] [glucose] periods.

A: Acetyl CoA is an important biomolecule that participates in many biochemical reactions. These…

Q: Define vitamin. Explain how we obtain vitamins. Distinguish between a fat-soluble vitamin and a…

A: The nutrients can be classified into three groups, water, micronutrients, and macronutrients. Water…

Q: Describe the interrelationship between carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

A: Introduction Carbohydrates act as a source of carbon atoms and show an inter-relationship with all…

Q: Describe the role of glutamine and glutamate in amino acid metabolism.

A: Amino groups of most of the amino acids are transferred to α-ketoglutarate to form glutamate this is…

Q: Write the steps of bile acid synthesis

A: Bile Acids are of two types:-  primary bile acids -  Cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid.…

Q: Explain the role of LDL receptors in metabolism and their connection to cholesterol

A: LDL receptors are presented on the cell membranes of hepatocytes along with other cells in the body.…

Q: Explain the mechanism by which beta-oxidation of fatty acids is controlled.

A: The oxidation of fatty acids takes place in three stages.  The first stage is beta-oxidation. It…

Q: Describe the fate of fatty acids absorbed by enterocytes based on the reaction with…

A: The majority of the fats in the diet exist as triacylglycerol. They are hydrolyzed into…

Q: The carrier of molecules of carbon dioxide in fatty acid synthesis is _____________.

A: The synthesis of fatty acid is considered as the process, which occurs in the region of the…

Q: Explain how lipoproteins transport lipids around the body.

A: Lipoproteins have a nonpolar core and a single layer of amphipathic lipids on the surface.A single…

Q: Explain why regularly ingesting a large excess of a fat-soluble vitamin can lead to severe health…

A: Vitamins that are soluble in organic solvents are called fat-soluble vitamins. These vitamins are…

Q: List an important chemical property of vitamin E.

A: Vitamin E(Tocopherol) is one of the important vitamins needed for the normal functioning of the…

Q: a) explain the importance of ketone body in energy metabolism

A: Bioenergetics involves energy metabolism which is a quantitative study of energy transductions…

Q: Explain the processes involved in the tracking down of fatty acid in metabolism (e.g. palmitic acid)…

A: Fats inside the body are ingested as food or combined by adipocytes or hepatocytes from starch…

Q: Discuss the process of digestion and absorption of carbohydrates. Explain the metabolic pathways in…

A: Carbohydrate is the polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone. Majority of carbohydrate have the H and O ratio…

Q: Explain the activation of long chain fatty acids.

A: ACTIVATION OF AMINO ACID: Fatty acids are activated by reaction with CoA to form fatty acyl CoA. The…

Q: Bile salts emulsify dietary _____________.

A: Introduction: Bile is a greenish-yellow fluid that is released by the liver. It contains bile…

Q: Identify whether the fatty acid is essential or non-essential: HO. O Essential Fatty Acid O…

A: The given acid is 18 carbon fatty acid with 1 double bond at 9th position.

Q: List the fat-soluble vitamins, and give a physiological role for each.

A: Introduction: The fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K. These vitamins are absorbed along with…

Q: Explain and illustrate the complete metabolism of a glucose molecule starting with digestion.

A: Carbohydrates are the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen-containing biomolecules that are polyhydroxy…

Q: Define intracellular amino acid pool and describe its composition. Explain the process of protein…

A: Proteins are major biomolecules. They play an important role as a structural component of the cells.…

Q: Explain how fatty acid metabolism is regulated

A: Fatty acid metabolism consists of various metabolic processes involving or closely related to fatty…

Q: Define calpain

A: A human body is basically made up of carbon, lipids and and proteins. Each of this compound is…

Q: Describe the role of multifunctional enzymes in both fatty acid synthesis andoxidation.

A: the role of multifunctional enzymes in both fatty acid synthesis and oxidation: