BIOL 2124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Atp Synthase, Lipid Droplet, Brown Adipose Tissue
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This graded assignment is subject to the virginia tech honor code. Sharing or posting any content from this assignment, or using such shared or posted assignment content to answer assignment questions, is a violation of the virginia tech honor code. Part 1: decoupling atp synthase ( in bears, babies, and bacteria) To the right is an image of atp synthase. Briefly describe how atp synthase works to make atp: The h+ are powered through the enzyme which causes in to change shape and produces atp through oxidative phosphorylation. It might seem counterproductive to disrupt this essential protein, but in fact several organisms do this as a normal part of their physiology. When we think of body fat, we think of white. This fat has few mitochondria and one big lipid droplet. Adipose tissue (bat), in contrast, has many mitochondria and many small lipid droplets. Brown fat is activated in the presence of cold (see image, right).
