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hormone sensitive lipase
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The enzyme that releases fatty acids from triacylglycerol.
Active when phosphorylated. |
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serum albumin
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Protein that binds fatty acids released into bloodstream and carries it to other tissues.
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beta-oxidation
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The catabolic pathway for fatty acid breakdown. Occurs in mitochondrion of mammals.
Four reactions long, repeated until all fatty acid is converted to acetyl-CoA |
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carnitine
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When attached to acetyl it carries the acetyl across the inner membrane via transporter protein in membrane. There is detaches and a waiting CoA takes its place.
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ketone bodies
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acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyrate
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acetyl-CoA carboxylase
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Major regulatory enzyme in the fatty acid synthesis pathway.
Stimulated allosterically by citrate. Inhibited by long chain fatty acids. Inactivated by phosphorylation. |
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elongases
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Produce fatty acids up to 24 C long.
Located in mitochodrion and ER |
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desaturases
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Enzymes that introduce double bonds into fatty acids, only btwn carboxyl-end and 9th C and only spaced 3 C apart.
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