Lesson 10: Lipids & Lipoproteins

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It is the component of plasma membrane.
Carbohydrates
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It is the component of lipid bilayer that provides semi - permeable membrane for the cells.
Lipids
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Give the 3 important biomolecules that is being utilized in our body by cells to produce the cell structure.
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins
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It is known to be fats and a **rich source of energy** to store the excess calories. It is also an integral part of the cellular membrane and served as the precursor to steroid hormones.
Lipids
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Give example of nonpolar organic solvents.
Chloroform and Ether
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Soluble or Insoluble: lipids to nonpolar organic solvents (ether and choloroform)
Soluble
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Soluble or Insoluble: lipids to polar solvents (water)
Insoluble
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An example of polar solvent.
Water
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These are known to be the hydrophobic solvents.
Nonpolar Organic Solvents
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Lipids is composed of what type of bonds?
Carbon - Hydrogen Bonds
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It is a carrier protein or a transporter for a non-polar, insoluble water and plasma.
Lipoproteins
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It contains almost a **90% of water**.
Plasma
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This process is needed by the body for fats and triglyceride can be utilized as energy source.
Gluconeogenesis
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A process wherein if there is an excess glucose inside the body, it will be stored.
Lipogenesis
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True or False: Cholesterol is also one of the rich source of energy lipid.
False
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The carbohydrates will be converted into ___ in order to be stored as an excess calories.
Fats
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What is the main lipid?
Cholesterol
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What are the steroid hormones?
Glucocorticoids, Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone
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It has a **carboxyl group at the polar end** and a **hydrocarbon chain at the nonpolar tail**.
Fatty Acids
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True or False: Fatty Acids is amphipathic
True
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A type of compound that is water loving (polar) and water - fearing group (nonpolar).
Amphipathic
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A fatty acid that occurs in a living system contains _ **carbon atoms** and the **hydrocarbon chain is** _?
even number, unbranched
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Fatty acids in the body are mostly in the form of?
Triglycerides
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True or False: Fatty acids does not bond with another compound.
False
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What is the **most common form** of fatty acid **seen in the body?**
Fatty acid attached to glycerol
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It is a **byproduct of bacterial metabolism** in **gut.**
Short Chain Fatty Acids
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**Short Chain Fatty Acids** are what type of factors to differentiate the diseases?
Predisposing Factors
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Presence of single bond in a chain a found in a carboxyl group. It is polar or water - loving group.
Saturated Fatty Acid
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A carbon - carbon double bond in a chain.
Unsaturated Fatty Acid
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It is the formation or configuration of lipids.
Cis and Trans
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True or False: **stereochemistry** at **double bond** is usually trans rather than cis.
False
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It is the most common formation of lipids and usually found in animals and natural food products.
Cis
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True or False: All Cis fatty acids are natural.
True
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True or False: Trans Fatty Acids are commonly found in the nature.
False
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It is a process of creating an unsaturated fats and trans fatty acids.
Hydrogenation
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This fats can is dangerous in the body because it can blocks the artery.
Trans Fats
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18:0 means?
18-carbon saturated fatty acid with no double bonds
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18:1 means?
18-carbon fatty acids with one double bond
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Low or High: the unsaturated fatty acids has __ melting points than saturated fatty acids.
Low
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An example of Unsaturated Fat in a liquid form.
Cooking Oil
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Unsaturated Fat are in a liquid form and Saturated fat are in a solid form in what temperature?
Room Temperature
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Saturated Fat are solid in what temperature
Room Temperature
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Result of 2 fatty acids + Glycerol
Phosphatidic acid
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Result of 1 phosphoric acid + glycerol + alcohol
Phosphatidyl ester
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What is the most abundant lipid in the body?
Phospholipid
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Enumerate the 3 most common forms of lipid found in the body
Lecithin, Sphingomyelin, Cephalin
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Percentage of Lecithin in the body
70%
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Percentage of Sphingomyelin in the body
20%
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Percentage of Cephalin in the body
10%
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Term for the only phospholipid in membranes that is not derived from glycerol but from an amino alcohol called sphingosine
Sphingomyelin
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A disease caused by the deficiency in an enzyme that metabolizes or digests the sphingomyelin, which results to fat accumulation in the liver and spleen
Niemann-Pick disease
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Also known as Neutral fat
Triglyceride
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Alternative name for Triglyceride
Triacylglycerol
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Composition of Triglycerides
3 fatty acids, 1 glycerol
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What is the main storage of lipid in man?
Triglycerides
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Enumerate the main function of Triglycerides
Provides insulation
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What enzyme hydrolyzes the ester linkages of triglycerides upon the usage of fatty acids?
Lipase
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A biomolecule that is not a source of fuel and contains 4 rings and single C-H chain tail
Cholesterol
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Enumerate the 5 major classes of steroid that cholesterol acts as a precursor of
Progestins, Glucocorticoids, Mineralcorticoids, Androgens, Estrogens
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Part of the body that procides cholesterol
Liver
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Enumerate the 2 forms of Cholesterol
Cholesterol ester, Free cholesterol
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Percentage of Cholesterol ester in the composition of total Cholesterol in the body
70%
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Percentage of Free Cholesterol in the composition of total Cholesterol in the body
30%
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Form of Cholesterol that is hydrophilic, composes of cholesterol ring and fatty acid, and undergoes esterification by Lecithin-Cholesterol Acyl Transferase (LCAT)
Cholesterol ester
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Form of Cholesterol that is unesterified, Hydrophobic, and is found in the surface of lipoproteins
Free cholesterol
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Enzyme that converts HMG-CoA to Melavonic acid
HMG-CoA reductase
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End result of HMG-CoA + HMG-CoA reductase
Melavonic acid
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Term for larm macromolecular complexes of lipids with specialized protein, known as apolipoprotein
Lipoprotein
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Term for the protein portion of a lipoprotein
Apolipoprotein
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Term for the protein portion of an enzyme
Apoenzyme
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Main functions of Lipoprotein
Transports TAG and cholesterol to sites of energy storage and utilization
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Least dense Lipoprotein
Chylomicrons
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2nd least dense Lipoprotein
VLDL
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3rd least dense Lipoprotein
LDL
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Most dense Lipoprotein
HDL
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Largest Lipoprotein
Chylomicrons
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2nd largest Lipoprotein
B-Liporpoteins
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3rd largest Lipoprotein
Pre-B-Lipoproteins
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Smallest Lipoprotein
a-Lipoprotein
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Lipoprotein that is the main transporter of exogenous triglycerides
Chylomicrons
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Lipoprotein that is a major carrier of cholesterol esters
LDL
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Lipoprotein that carries cholesterol
HDL
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Part of the body that produces Chylomicrons
Intestines
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Enumerate the composition of Chylomicrons
Triglycerides, CHON
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Alternative term for VLDL
Pre-B-Lipoprotein
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Composition of VLDL
Triglycerides, Cholesterol, Phospholipid, Protein
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Product of metabolism of VLDL in circulation, constitutes about 50% of total lipoprotein mass in human plasma, and transports choelsterol from the liver to the peripheral tissue
LDL
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Alternative term for HDL
a-Lipoprotein
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Part of the body that produces HDL
Liver, Intestines
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Type of Lipoprotein that is involved in reverse choelsterol transport and exists as disk-shaped or spherical particles
HDL