Lipid metabolism — Flashcards

Are triglycerides polar or nonpolar?_____

Cholesterol from the liver may be repackaged into the interior of _____

Ceramide trihexoside is converted to lactosylceramide via the enzyme _____

Is cholesterol ester polar or nonpolar? _____

What type of enzyme cleaves phospholipid ester bonds?_____

1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol increases _____ absorption of Ca2+ through synthesis of calbindin D-28K

Free fatty acids can be converted back to _____ and stored in adipose tissue

Activation of the coagulation cascade requires the _____ surface of platelets

Increased levels of cholesterol inside the hepatocyte leads to _____ LDL-receptor gene expression

Leukotrienes are synthesized from arachidonic acid by _____.