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Biochemistry
Graduate
02/04/2011

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Term
Dietary Fats are absorbed by (a)_____ and then packaged & transported by (b)____.
Definition

A. Intestinal Epithelial Cells

B. Chylomicron (lipoprotein)

Term

Which of the following has maximum amount of energy?

A. Fats- triglycerols or others

B. Carbohydrates 

C. Proteins

D. Oxygen

Definition
Any type of fat! Glycerol would be an example
Term
Simple Fatty Acids must contain 
Definition
Carboxylic Acid Group (COOH)
Term
Hydrolysis of fats yield...
Definition
Fatty Acids and Glycerols
Term
Organic salt is known as ____ & what two types of groups make this?
Definition

esters

acid (-COOH (carboxyl Acid group) and a base (-OH (hydroxyl group)

Term
lipase is the enzyme that does...
Definition
the breakdown of lipids
Term
What activates the Hormone Sensitive Lipase and through what process?
Definition
Glucagon and NE through G-protein Copper Receptor (GPCR)
Term
What does the Hormone-Sensitive Lipase cleave and what does this produce?
Definition
Cleaves Triglycerides to make Free Fatty Acids and Glycerol
Term
Glycerol from fats enter ___ and how?
Definition
Glycolysis by being converted to Glycerol-3-Phosphate by Glycerol Kinase
Term
Fatty Acids are converted to ____
Definition
Fatty Acyl CoA
Term
two energy-contained molecules are
Definition
ATP and Coenzyme A's Sulfur group
Term
Where does the Oxidation of Fatty Acids occur?
Definition
Matrix of Mitochondria  
Term
FAs are transported in blood as Free Fatty Acids. The carrier for these FFAs is
Definition
Plasma Albumin 
Term
What is the difference between Acetyl and Acyl group?
Definition
Acyl is more simple by being any chain length when attached to S Coenzyme A. Acetyl has to be just Ch3
Term

FAs are converted to Acyl-CoA by which enzyme?

What is special about this step?

Definition

Acyl-CoA Synthetase (aka Thiokinase)

 

*Thio = sulfur 

 

Only step in FA oxidation that requires ATP

Term
How do you activate the free FA to begin B-oxidation?
Definition
add CoA by acyl-coA sythetase or thiokinase
Term
B-oxiation occurs are what part of the FA?
Definition
B-carbon Atom
Term
Where is B-oxidation occurring at?
Definition
mitochondria's inner matrix
Term
Small fatty acids (<12 C) transport into mitochondria by
Definition
Freely Diffusing
Term
Large FAs (>14) are transported through the mitocondria membrane by
Definition
acyl-carnitine / carnitine transporter
Term
Which part of the carnitine is involved in the formation of Acyl-Carnitine 
Definition
Hydroxyl Group
Term

What enzyme is used to make Acyl-Carnitine

and where is it located

Definition

Carnitine-Acyltransferase I

Outer Mitochondria Membrane 

Term
Where is Carnitine Transporter located?
Definition
Intermembrane space
Term
What does Carnitine-Acyltransferase II produce?
Definition
releases carnitine  to have Acyl CoA
Term
What is Carnitine-acyltranferase I inhibited by?
Definition
Malonyl-CoA
Term
What are the oxidizing agents?
Definition

NAD+ 

FAD

Term
Oxidative conversion of 2C units into ___ and producing ____ along with it
Definition
Acetyl-CoA and NADH
Term
Oxidation of Acetyl CoA into ____ via ____ and produces ____
Definition
CO2 via Citric Acid Cycle producing FADH2 and NADH
Term
Production of ATP from FADH2 and NADH via ___
Definition
Respiratory chain (oxidative phosphorylation)
Term
16C palmitic acid will release ____ Acetyl CoA in ___ steps
Definition
8 in 7 cycles
Term
What are the four enzymes of each pass that rmove one acetyl-coA at a time?
Definition

1. Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase

2. Enoyl-CoA hydratas

3. B-hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenase

4. Acyl-CoA acetyltransferase (thiolase)

Term
Alkane is a straight line that goes to Alkene which has a double bond by which enzyme
Definition
Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (removes an H, creating a cpuble bond between alpha C and Beta C)
Term
Alkene goes to Alcohol by ___
Definition
Enoyl-CoA Hydratase to add H20 to add OH group at Beta Carbon and break double bond
Term
Alcohol goes to Ketone by which enzyme?
Definition
B-hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenase to release H2O and create a double bond at Beta Carbon with a Oxygen
Term
Ketone is transferred into a Acetyl-CoA by ____.
Definition
Acyl CoA Acetyltransferase (thiol)
Term
is Enoyl CoA a trans or cis?
Definition
Trans
Term
What is being added to the Oxidation Step 3 of Dehydration of Alcohol into Ketone?
Definition
NAD+
Term
What is being added into the 1st step of oxidation of Alkane to Alkene dehydration?
Definition
FAD
Term
What is being added into when the enzyme Acyl CoA Acetyltransferase is working? (Ketone-->Acetyl CoA)
Definition
CoA-SH
Term
How many ATP moles are made from FA catabolism?
Definition

NADH- 3 (2.5)

FADH2- 2 (1.5)

Term
Number of ATPs made in Palmitic Acid is
Definition
108
Term
B-oxidation of odd-chained saturated Fatty Acids produce
Definition
propoinyl CoA and Acetyl CoA
Term
What is Propionyl CoA converted into?
Definition
Succinyl-CoA 
Term
Oxidation of Unsaturated fats include what two extra enzymes? Which one is monounsaturated and which one is polyunsaturated?
Definition

Enoyl-CoA isomerase (monounsaturated)

NADPH-dependent 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (polyunsaturated)

Term
What's the difference between the Unsaturated FA and saturated?
Definition
Unsaturated contains a double bond!!
Term
There is a Cis structure in Oxidation of Unsaturated Fats, which enzyme will correct this to be turned into a trans?
Definition
Enoyl-CoA isomerase
Term
Which enzyme removes double bonds by adding Hydrogen to make unsaturated fat into a saturated one?
Definition
by saturase or hydroase or reductase ??
Term

A-oxidation:

Location of pathway

Removal of __ Carbons at a time from the carboxyl end of the FA

Does or Does not need COA intermediates

Does or Doesn't it generate high energy phisphates?

 

Definition

Pathway is in the Brain

Removes 1 carbon at a time at the Carboxyl end

Does not need CoA intermediates

Does not generate high energy phosphates

Term
Where does Gamma (w) Oxidation take place?
Definition
microsomes
Term
Peroxisomal fatty acids are very long chains from high dietary fats that are oxidized where? What do they produce? Do they need carnitine? Does it produce less or more energy than B-oxidation?
Definition
in Peroxisomes to produce acetyl-CoA and H2O2 (hydrogen Peroxide) without needing canitine but produces less energy.
Term
WHat are the ketone bodies produced from ketogenesis from Acetyl-CoA if it does not enter citric acid cycle.
Definition

Acetone - real ketone!

acetoacetate

D-B-hydroxybutyrate

Term
Ketone bodies should be produced at a very low rate. Which two situations has this occur more rapidly?
Definition
Starvation and untreated diabetes melitus
Term
Entry of Acetyl-CoA requires ____ to enter Citric Acid Cycle.  The fate of Acetyl-CoA is now ___ and transported to be converted to ___ when there is a short supply of ____.
Definition

OAA

Ketone Bodies in liver and then transported to the brain and muscles to be converted back to Acetyl CoA so that these tissues can generate energy with the short supply of GLUCOSE

Term
OAA is used for
Definition
Gluconeogenesis
Term
Which enzyme converts 2 Acetyl CoA into Acetoacetyl-CoA 
Definition
Thiolase
Term
Which enzyme converts Acetoacetyl-CoA into HMG-CoA?
Definition
HMG CoA synthase 
Term
Which enzyme converts HMG-CoA into Acetoacetate?
Definition
HMG Co-A Lyase
Term
WHich enzyme converts Acetoacetate into Acetone?
Definition
Acetoacetate decarboxylase (release CO2)
Term
Acetoacetate is converted into D-B-Hydroxybutyrate by which enzyme? What does it take in?
Definition
D-B-hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase...NADH + H+
Term
The reactions of synthesis of FA are:
Definition

endergonic (traps energy)

Reductive 

Term
What is the reducing agent in synthesis of FA?
Definition

NADPH!!!! which is an electron carrier

 

Term
Fatty Acid biosynthesis involves the condensation of successive C2 units which are:
Definition

Acetyl-CoA is the source of the first C

Bicarbonate is the source of the second C

Term
Malonyl CoA
Definition

3C unit

An intermediate of the fatty acid biosynthesis

Source of 2C unit (C2 donor)

3rd carbon goes away as Carbon Dioxide in each step

Term
Biosynthesis takes place where?
Definition

Cytosol

 

Term
In biosynthesis, the growing acyl chain is attached to the  rather than CoA.
Definition
Acyl-carrier Protein (ACP)
Term
In cytosol there must be efficient amount of what two things in order for biosynthesis if FA?
Definition
Acetyl-CoA and NADPH
Term
How is Acetyl-CoA generated and where at?
Definition
pyruvic acid dehydrogenase or B-Oxidation of FA or some aa in the mitochondria 
Term
How does the acetyl-CoA be transferred into cytosol and what happens there?
Definition
OAA connects to make citrate by citrate synthetase and when it is in cytosol it is broken back down by citrate lyase. OAA is converted into Malate to make NADPH and Pyruvate
Term
Which enzyme produces the NADPH in the cytosol?
Definition
Malic enzyme
Term
Other than Malic enzyme, what other pathway used to make NADPH? what does this pathway also produce?
Definition

pentose-Phosphate Pathway (or Hexo-mono?)

Ribose-5-P for nucleic acid

Term
OAA is made from pyruvate by:
Definition
Pyruvate Carboxylase enzyme from Pyruvate + ATP + HCO3
Term
What is the first step in the Biosynthesis of fatty acids?
Definition

Acetyl-Coa Decarboxylase 

uses biotin

Adds CO2 and ATP

RATE LIMITING ENZYME AND STEP

forms carboxybiotin intermediate 

produces malonyl-CoA

Term
What are the three important functional domains of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, which is the RLE??
Definition

biotin carrier protein

biotin carboxylase

transcarboxylase

Term
What is Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase activated by? What type of activator is it? What does this do to the Vmax? This is also controled/regulated by...
Definition

Citrate 

Allosteric Activator

Increases Vmax

 

Dephosphoylation by Insulin

Term
What is the first end product of biosynthesis pathway?
Definition
palmitic Acid
Term
What inhibits Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase?
Definition

Palmitic-CoA (feedback inhibitor)

Phosphorylation (Glucagon, NE, Epi)

Term
What is the enzyme and what is added to the inactivated acetyl-coa carboxylase-P?
Definition
Phosphatase + insulin
Term
Which enzyme is added to inactivate the acetyl-coa carboxylase?
Definition
AMP-activated protein kinase (glucagon, epi, ne)
Term
How can high-Cal diet affect fatty acid synthesis?
Definition
increases it
Term
After malonyl is created in biosynthesis, the next step is...
Definition
Fatty Acid Synthase, a multi-enzyme complex 
Term
Fatty Acid Synthase creates how many Carbons being added to the chain at each cycle?
Definition
2
Term
What is the fatty acid synthase bound to?
Definition
acyl carrier protein (ACP)
Term
how many enzymatic activities in FA synthase and what do they form? how many priming reactions?
Definition

7, polypeptides

2 - 1.acetyl coA bind to acetyl ACP to go to acetyl-s-enz

 

Term
What are the reactions in the synthesis of FA?
Definition

Condensation (opp. of cleavage) (KS)

Acetyl-S-Enz + Malonyl CoA --> acetoacetyl-ACP + CO2

Reduction-Dehydration-Reduction

Ketone-->Hydroxyl (Alcohol)-->Alkene-->Alkane

Term
Acetyl-S-Enz is part of ___ and has ___
Definition
FA synthase and is Keto-acetyl Kinase
Term
Acetyl CoA and Malonyl coa are condensated (KS) into ___
Definition
b-ketobutyryl-ACP
Term

 

b-ketobutyryl-ACP is ___ into ____.

what does it put in?

 

Definition

reduction of b-keto group (KR)

puts in nadph and gives off NADP+ 

produces B-hydroxybutyryl-ACP 

Term
B-hydroxybutyryl-ACP is ____ into____.
Definition
dehydrated into trans-triangle2-butenoyl-ACP
Term
Trans-tri2-butenoyl-ACP is ____ into ____
Definition

reduction of double bond (ER)

Takes in NADPH

Butyryl-ACP

Term
Butyryl-ACP is ___ into Cys by which enzyme?
Definition
translocated by B-ketoacyl-ACP synthase (KS)
Term
Which enzyme breaks the Palminic chain from ACP?
Definition
Thioesterase 
Term
Enlongase adds 2C to palmitate where?
Definition

Mitochondria (uses Acetyl-CoA as substrate instead of Malonyl-CoA)

ER or microsomal system

Term
Human system only goes up to what to FA?
Definition

Palmitic C16

Stearic C18

Term
elongation of what is important in brain which increases rapidly during myelination?
Definition
stearyl-CoA 
Term
what are two common unsaturated compounds?
Definition
Oleic Acid (1) and linoleic acid (2)
Term
What is the enzyme that introduces double bonds, making them unsaturated and where at?
Definition
Desaturase (4,5,6,9) in ER
Term
How to make Glycerol-3-p in triacylglycerol?
Definition

glycerol + atp in liver with glycerol-3-kinase

or

Glucose in liver or adipose tissue with DHAP

Term
Glycerol-3-p goes to ___ after adding a Acyl (FaCoA)
Definition

lysophosphitic or monoacylglycerol-P

 

Term
Lysophosphatidic acid (or monoacylglycerol-P) goes to ___ when adding another acyl (FACoA)
Definition
phosphatidic acid or diacylglyercol-P
Term
Phosphatidic acid or diacylglyerol-P is converted into ___ by ___
Definition
Diacylglycerol by dephosphorylation
Term
What does Glycerophospholipid contain?
Definition
Glycerol backbone with 2 fA and a P-Head group
Term
Plasmalogen
Definition
Glycerol backbone, hydrocardon tail, FA, and P-Head Group
Term
Sphingolipids are what two groups with what type of backbone?
Definition

Sphingosine backbones.

Sphingomylin has P-Choline (headgroup)

Glycolipid has carbohyrdate (head group)

Term
What molecule is added to introduce different head group?
Definition
CDP
Term
What is the storage form of cholesterol? 
Definition
Cholesteryl esters
Term
What are the cholesterol sources?
Definition

dietary - egg yolks, red meat, not synthesized in plants, bile salt reabsorbed

Body synthesis- stimultaed by low dietary intake and held in liver and intestines

Term
cholesterol can be packaged into
Definition

chylomicrons in the intestine

Very Low density lipoprotein (VLDP) in liver (major carrier)

all lipoprotein 

Term

precursor molecule for all 27C Cholesterol is...

how is it obtained?

Definition

Acetyl CoA

B-oxidation

oxidation of ketogenic aa (luecine, lysine)

pyruvate dehydrogenase reactions

Term
What are the sources of reducing agent NADPH?
Definition

Glu-6-p Dehydrogenase 

6-p-gluconate dehydrogenase of HMP shunt

Term
Where does cholesterol biosynthesis take place?
Definition
cytosol
Term
What does Cholesterol require for creating high energy? and what two bonds?
Definition

Hydrolysis 

-thioester bond of acetyl coa

-phosphoanhrydride bond of atp

 

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