Fat Mobilisation and utilisation

Describe how adrenaline regulates HSL.

Describe how insulin inhibits the phosphorylation of HSL into its active form.

How does Ca2+ regulate the action of HSL?

What molecule does leptin activate within the cell to facilitate HSL action?

How are fatty acids transported into the mitochondria?

Describe beta oxidation, and what products we get from it. What enzyme is measured in studies looking at the mitochondria?

What is the difference between acyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA?

What do we combine with CoA to make Acyl CoA?

Fatty acids have a hydrophobic ____ and a hydrophilic ____.

What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?

Describe the structure of Triacylglycerol

Are fats water soluble? How are they transported in the blood?

Give the 4 types of lipoproteins.

Describe the process of getting fat from the gut to the correct place in our body.

LPL activity is activated by ____. This means that ....

What has to happen before we can release TG? What enzyme does this? Give the most common form of this enzyme.

Give 5 molecules that stimulate lypolysis.