Lipid Metabolism — Flashcards

_____ is a PUFA containing 6 double bonds

_____ deficiency may cause dicarboxylic acidemia/aciduria due to omega-oxidation of fatty acids

Increased levels of cholesterol inside the hepatocyte leads to _____ activity of the enzyme ACAT

HMG-CoA reductase is inhibited by _____ and cholesterol

HMG CoA is converted to _____ via the enzyme HMG CoA reductase (cholesterol synthesis)

After being absorbed from the GI tract, free cholesterol is packaged into a _____ as cholesterol ester

Further removal of triglycerides from IDL, via the enzyme _____, leads to the formation of LDL

In the ovaries, _____ cells synthesize pregnenolone from cholesterol via the enzyme cholesterol desmolase

_____ is a protease produced by the liver that leads to degradation of hepatocyte LDL receptors

In the blood, chylomicrons pick up apoprotein _____ and E from circulating HDL