Fatty acid metabolism

[deleted647690]

I haven't learned about this yet. In the BR ochem book 2, section V-lipids, on pages 12 and 14 they show reaction steps for "straight chain fatty acids naturally synthesized from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA via a five step cycle" and "the formation of fatty acid triglyceride from dihydroxyacetone phosphate."

Are these part of some metabolic pathway that is important to know?

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[theonlytycrane]

Fatty acid synthesis (how our bodies make fatty acids), yes.

 

[deleted647690]

Fatty acid synthesis (how our bodies make fatty acids), yes.

Thanks, I'll go ahead and do some web searching about that