Lipid Metabolism — Flashcards

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may be converted to _____ via the enzyme 3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

Apoprotein _____ mediates chylomicron secretion by the intestines

Adrenal _____, such as DHEA and androstenedione, have a ketone group at C-17 and are excreted as 17-ketosteroids in the urine

The zona _____ normally cannot produce glucocorticoids because it lacks the enzyme 17-hydroxylase

Hepatocytes synthesize _____ using the rate-limiting enzyme HMG CoA reductase

11-deoxycortisol may be converted to _____ via the enzyme 11-hydroxylase

The intestines package _____ and cholesterol esters into chylomicrons, which initially enter the lymph

Fatty acid synthesis requires _____, which is provided by the HMP shunt and malic enzyme

Once in the vicinity of adipocytes, apoprotein _____ on the chylomicron activates the enzyme lipoprotein lipase (LPL)

The liver packages _____ and cholesterol into VLDLs, which enter the blood