Lipid metabolism — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: _____ deficiency may cause dicarboxylic acidemia/aciduria due to omega oxidation of fatty acids

Answer: Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD)

Flashcard 72: Patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (1:500) have cholesterol levels of ~ _____ mg/dL

Answer: 300

Flashcard 73: Once depleted of their triglycerides, chylomicron _____ return to the liver

Answer: remnants

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Blood & Inflammation (Dyslipidemia drugs)

Flashcard 74: One non-volatile acid is _____ acid, which is generated from metabolism of phospholipids

Answer: phosphoric

Flashcard 75: Arachidonic acids are converted to leukotrienes via the enzyme _____

Answer: 5-lipoxygenase

Flashcard 76: In preparation for β-oxidation, fatty acids in the cytosol are converted to _____ via the enzyme fatty acyl-CoA synthetase

Answer: fatty acyl-CoA

Flashcard 77: Free fatty acids (from triglycerides) can be used for energy by the _____ and skeletal muscle

Answer: heart

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Blood & Inflammation (Dyslipidemia drugs)

Flashcard 78: Palmitate is a(n) _____-carbon fatty acid

Answer: 16

Flashcard 79: The main component of chylomicrons is _____

Answer: triglycerides

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Blood & Inflammation (Dyslipidemia drugs)

Flashcard 80: Decay accelerating factor (DAF/CD55) and Membrane Inhibitor of Reactive Lysis (MIRL/CD59) are secured to the RBC cell membrane by _____, which serves as an anchoring glycolipid

Answer: GPI

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