Lipid Catabolism

What is lipolysis?

• Hydrolysis of triacylglycerol

• Formation of lipids

• Breakdown of ketone bodies

• Formation of ketone bodies

Name the energy source of the brain during starvation?

• Fat

• Ketone bodies

• Protein

• Lipids

What is the outcome of the accumulation of acetyl-CoA in the mitochondria of the liver?

• It is used as an energy source

• It has broken down in to free fatty acids

• It gets converted to oxaloacetate

• It forms ketone bodies

The image showed ____ fatty acid

• saturated

• unsaturated

In fatty acid degradation reaction, how many oxidation step are there?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

The step involves breaking down the C=C by adding OH group on beta carbon is called as

• oxidation

• hydration

• reduction

• cleavage

What are the products of beta oxidation of fatty acid?

• Acetyl CoA

• FADH2

• NADH

• All the above

How many carbon is in 1 acetyl CoA?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Lauric acid (C12) requires how many cycle of beta oxidation?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

How many acetyl coA produced from capric acid (C10)

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7