BIOL 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Malonyl-Coa, Acetyl-Coa, Beta Oxidation
25 Apr 2020
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#2 fats are extremely efficient for long-term energy storage because they are not solvated and they are so reduced. #3 fat: long-term energy storage: remember that fats are fatty acid derived lipids, but not fatty acids alone, they are 3 fatty acids esterified to a glycerol backbone. Have a number of names: triacylglycerols, triglycerides tag, fats or oils. Difference between fat and oil: fat is solid at room temp, oils are solid at room temp. The 3 fatty acids in green on slide 3 and are all esterified to the glycerol. Transmissions like in the pet shows a fat droplet and it is an organelle found in a fat cell has nucleus and mitochondria. 1 of 2 reasons it is such great energy storage: it isn"t soluble (no solvation no other molecules besides fat) there is no water in the fat molecule. These are as reduced as you can get. The carbons involved in ester linkages are not fully reduced.
