MCB 450 – The coenzyme required for fatty acid synthesis is NADH

10 Jun MCB 450 – The coenzyme required for fatty acid synthesis is NADH

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The coenzyme required for fatty acid synthesis is NADH.

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NADP+ inhibits the entry of fatty acyl CoA into the mitochondria as a function of the cell being in the high-energy state.

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Acetyl carboxylase is globally regulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation.

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Untreated, chronic ketone body production will raise blood pH levels.

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The availability of the metabolite oxalacetate determines whether acetyl CoA, made from fatty acids, can enter the citric acid cycle.

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The function of the enzyme acyl CoA synthetase is the reduction of fatty acyl chain.

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2,4-dinitrophenol collapses the pH gradient across the mitochondrial inner membrane by making a hole in the bilayer.

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In cardiac muscles and liver cells cytosolic NADH enters the electron transport chain via the Glycerophosphate shuttle.

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Saturated fatty acids contain zero alkene bonds.

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The brain uses fructose instead of glucose for its source of ATP production during long-term fasting.

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The carrier of an acyl chain through fatty acid synthesis pathway is serum albumin.

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Acetyl CoA used in fatty acid synthesis is transferred from the mitochondria to the cytoplasm in the form of pyruvate.

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UCP1 collapses the pH gradient across the mitochondrial inner membrane by making a hole in the bilayer.

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Enoyl reductase is the enzyme that catalyzes the committed step in fatty acid synthesis.

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Odd-numbered unsaturated fatty acids are metabolized by the enzyme enoyl-CoA isomerase.

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Glucagon stimulates the breakdown of triacylglycerols by activation of a hormone-sensitive lipase.

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A biotin-deficient diet may lead to an increase of cytosolic malonyl CoA.

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Coenzyme(s) involved in the degradation of saturated fatty acyl CoA include NADPH and lipoamide.

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The enzyme that catalyzes the formation of a four-carbon compound from a two-carbon and three-carbon compound is ?-ketoacyl synthase.

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Double C=C bonds are introduced into fatty acids in the endoplasmic reticulum compartment of the cell.