Biochemistry Important One Liners Questions On Metabolism of Lipids

📅 August 13, 2022880 views ✍️ Diksha Bhatla

This post includes important one-liners from the chapter Metabolism of lipids in biochemistry. This post summarises the chapter in short.

Q1. Niemann-Pick disease is due to a defect in the enzyme

Answer: Sphingomyelinase,

Q2. The lipoprotein involved in the reverse cholesterol transport is

Answer: HDL

Q3. The total number of ATP produced by the oxidation of a molecule of palmitic acid is

Answer: 129 ATP,

Q4. The long chain fatty acids (C26—C35) are not oxidized due to the absence of peroxisomes. This disorder is known as

Answer: Zellweger syndrome

Q5. Acetyl CoA from the mitochondria is transported into the cytosol after its conversion to

Answer: Citrate

Q6. Plasma lipoprotein that is inversely correlated with coronary heart disease is

Answer: HDL

Q7. The fatty acid that is commonly found in the C2 of triacylglycerols is

Answer: Unsaturated fatty acid

Q8. The lipoprotein possessing the highest quantity of phospholipid

Answer: HDL

Q9. Hypercholesterolemia is observed in the disorder(s)

Answer: Hypothyroidism, Diabetes mellitus, Nephrotic syndrome

Q10. The two final products in the -oxidation of odd chain fatty acids are

Answer: Acetyl CoA and propionyl CoA

Q11. Hormone sensitive lipase activity is inhibited by the hormone

Answer: Insulin

Q12. The most predominant lipid component of chylomicrons

Answer: Triacylglycerols

Q13. Cholesterol synthesis is controlled by feedback inhibition of the enzyme

Answer: HMG CoA reductase

Q14. A compound possessing hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups in its structure is known as

Answer: Ampipathic

This post includes important one-liners from the chapter Metabolism of lipids in biochemistry. This post summarises the chapter in short.

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