Alternate Pathways

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beta-oxidation → a process in which fatty acids are broken down into acetyl-CoA through catabolism

Ketosis → a metabolic state that occurs when your body burns fat for energy instead of glucose

ketone bodies → produced by the liver and used peripherally as an energy source when glucose is not readily available

deamination → breaking off the amine group in amino group

transaminated → when the amine group is transferred rather than deanimated

Beta-oxidation → two carbon atoms are removed in the form of acetyl-CoA from acyl-CoA at the carboxyl-terminal

I can explain lipid and protein metabolism

Lipid Metabolism	Protein Metabolism
favoured by cells with high energy needs → heart, skeletal muscle, adipose	not a favoured pathway in any cell used in starvation situations for energy production
1. Triglycerides are broken down into glycerol and fatty acid chains → glycerol enters glycolysis 2. Fatty acids begin B-oxidation → goes through a series of rx to convert end 2 C into acetyl-CoA Will repeat until there is no carbon left	1. protein is broken down into amino acids 2. removal of amino groups (deamination) → converts into urea 3. carbon skeleton enters cellular respiration happens in the liver and sometimes in muscle tissue

Lipid Metabolism

Protein Metabolism

1. Triglycerides are broken down into glycerol and fatty acid chains → glycerol enters glycolysis

2. Fatty acids begin B-oxidation → goes through a series of rx to convert end 2 C into acetyl-CoA

1. protein is broken down into amino acids

2. removal of amino groups (deamination) → converts into urea

3. carbon skeleton enters cellular respiration

I can identify tissues that use particular pathways