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The key for peripheral tissues to absorb fat from chylomicrons
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Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL)
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The rate limiting step of Lipolysis (Triglyceride breakdown)
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The first cleavage
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Catalyses the rate limitin step (first step) of Lipolysis.
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Hormone-sensitive adipose tissue lipase
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Activates Hormone-sensitive adipose tissue lipase (The same enzyme acts in the regulation of glycogen metabolism)
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cAMP-dependant Protein Kinase A
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The most important human lipolytic agents
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The catecholamines, noradrenaline and adrenaline
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How noradrenaline promotes TG breakdown
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It acts via B-adrenergic receptors, cAMP and protein kinase A to promote TG breakdown.
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Other slower lipolytic hormones
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Glucocorticoids, Growth Hormone and Thyroid Hormone
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Where B-oxidation undertaken
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The mitochondrion
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Converts fatty acids into their CoA-thioesters
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Fatty Acyl CoA Synthetase [Thiokinase]
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