Exam 28: Fatty Acid Synthesis

Use the following to answer questionS Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -Activation of acetyl CoA results in the production of ________________.

What is citrate's role in fatty acid synthesis?

Chronic ethanol ingestion alters carbohydrate metabolism and leads to a fatty liver due to an increase in which of the following?

Acetylation of serine on prostaglandin synthase (COX enzymes) leads to the reduction of which lipid mediator?

How are fatty acids larger than the 16 carbons formed?

Prostaglandins and thromboxanes are synthesized from ________________, a 20-carbon fatty acid.

What are the four physiological roles for fatty acids?

The synthesis of fatty acids takes place in the ________________ of the cell.

Acetyl CoA is transferred from the mitochondria to the cytoplasm in the form of ________________.

Use the following to answer questionS Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -Thioesterase determines the acyl-chain length by cleaving ________________.

Acetyl carboxylaseis globally regulated by:

The carrier of an acyl chain through the synthetic protein complex is:

What enzyme catalyzes the committed step in fatty acid synthesis?

Use the following to answer questionS Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -Fatty acid synthesis takes place in ________________ stages.

What are the similarities between fatty acid synthesis and degradation?

Increasing the activity of adenylate kinase results in the activation of which enzyme?

The function of the enzyme acyl CoA synthetase is:

Use the following to answer questionS Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -The availability of the metabolite ________________ determines whether acetyl CoA, made from fatty acids, can enter the citric acid cycle.

The reaction that catalyzes the addition of an activated two-carbon compound with an activated three-carbon compound is:

Use the following to answer questionS Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -The reaction utilizing NADP+ and malate uses the ________________ enzyme.