Biological Chemistry I

Session 14: Lipid Catabolism: Fatty Acid Beta-Oxidation

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Lecture Topics

Lipids Make Up Biological Membranes and are Energy Storehouses Metabolized to Acetyl CoA by Beta-Oxidation

Readings

• Chapter 20: Lipid Metabolism
  • Lipid Digestions, Absorption, and Transport
  • Fatty Acid Oxidation
  • Ketone Bodies

Lecture Video: Lipid Catabolism: Fatty Acid Beta-Oxidation

This video introduced the process of lipid catabolism, including the many roles of lipids and the stages of fatty acid catabolism. Lipids are our primary energy reserve.

• Storyboards 17–18 (PDF)

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