01.05.12+-+Triglyceride+Metabolism


 * Triglyceride Metabolism**


 * 1. Describe the role of pancreatic lipase and bile salts in lipid digestion. Name the lipid molecules that are transported across the intestinal mucosa**


 * 2. List the components that make up plasma lipoproteins and describe what features differentiate the major plasma lipoproteins**


 * 3. Describe the location and role of lipoprotein lipase in lipid metabolism and the effect of insulin upon its activity**


 * 4. List the precursors and products for the synthesis of triacylglycerol. Name three tissues where this pathway occurs and the ultimate fate of newly synthesized triacylglycerol in each tissue**


 * 5. Be able to explain the metabolic strategy by which triacylglycerol is synthesized from its biosynthetic precursors**


 * 6. Describe the route taken by dietary fatty acids from the intestine to the liver**


 * 7. Name the possible fates of dietary fatty acids that reach the liver**


 * 8. Describe the role of leptin and the leptin receptor in lipid homeostasis**


 * 9. Describe the mechanisms to control fatty acid synthesis**


 * 10. Be able to write a reaction for synthesis of palmitate in which all substrates and products are listed. It need not be balanced**


 * 11. Explain the role of compartmentation in fatty acid synthesis.**