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Phospholipid breaks down into Glycerol, phosphate group and 2 fatty acids
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What chemical family is lipase?
Lipase is an enzyme that breaks lipid molecules down into a glycerol molecule and fatty acids. It is a protein.
What is the tail of a phospholipid made of?
Phosphoplipids are very similar to triglycerides in that both molecules are triesters of glycerol. However one of the fatty carboxylate groups is replace with a phosphate group. Because the nature of the phosphate group is zwiterionic meaning it contains both a positive and negative charge throughough the molecule to yield a net charge of 0 overall (there is a negative charge on phosphate group and a positive charge on an amine salt further down the fatty chain. It is this zwitterionic sextion of the molecule that gives rise to the molecule's "polar head". The two fatty esters comprise the two tails.
What do fats break down into?
first of all, fat is broken down into 3 fatty acids and 1 glycerol molecule. how? a little enzyme, called lipase, is formed in the pancreas(near your liver) like all enzymes, it is shaped to perfectly fit its object, in this case, fat using its awesome 'skill', it separates the fat, and there you have it!
What is the substance produced when the body breaks down fat for energy?
Glucose when it breaks down protein, it makes Creatine Monohydrate.
What is the difference between amalyase and lipase?
They are enzymes in the body, amylase breaks down sugars and lipase breaks down fats.
What breaks down fats into glycerol and fatty acids?
Lipase is the enzyme that targets lipid molecules.
What chemical family is lipase?
Lipase is an enzyme that breaks lipid molecules down into a glycerol molecule and fatty acids. It is a protein.
What breaks down fat?
Fats are made up of lipid molecules. Lipase is the enzyme that breaks up the lipid molecules.
What do amylase trypsin and lipase break down?
Amylase has a shap which allows it to wrap around and cut up starch. Lipase breaks down the fat to fatty acids and glycerol Amylase has a shap which allows it to wrap around and cut up starch. Lipase breaks down the fat to fatty acids and glycerol
What does lipase break down?
Pepsin is found in the stomach, and breaks down long-chain proteins into shorter amino acids, whilst lipase is secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas to break down fats into their constituent parts: fatty acids and glycerol.
Does intestinal juice contain enzymes?
Yes. The enzymes are: - maltase which breaks down maltose to glucose; - lactase which breaks down lactose to glucose and galactose - erepsin which breaks down peptones to amino acids - lipase which breaks down fats to fatty acids and glycerol. :D
What enzyme breaks down triglycerides?
Triglycerides are an enormous reservoir of energy (up to 135,000 kcal in a 70 kg individual). Triglycerides are hydrolyzed to fatty acids and glycerol by lipases enzymes. The release of the first fatty acid, the rate-limiting step, is catalized by a hormone-sensitive lipase that is reversibly phosphorylated. Triglycerides are continually being hydrolyzed and resynthesized in adipose cells. Glycerol derived from the hydrolysis is exported to the liver. Meanwhile, most of the fatty acids from the hidrolysis are reesterified if glycerol-3-phosphate is abundant, otherwise they are released in the plasma.
Can glycerol be made into glucose?
Yes. lipids are broken down to fatty acids and glycerol by hydrolysis, glycerol can be converted to glyceraldehyde - 3 - phosphate which can be a start point for gluconeogenesis, in which glucose is formed.
Which is the digestive juice that only acts on proteins?
lipase breaks down fat into glycerol and fatty acids
What individual molecule do you get when an enzyme breaks down a fat molecule?
A fat is an ester of three 'fatty acids' and glycerol.
What enzyme speeds up the breakdown of food?
It varies for all the food groups. For fat/lipid lipase breaks down,for proteins pepsin breaks down and for carbohydrates amylase.
Describe the Phopholipids of cell membrane?
Phospholipids have polar and nonpolar ends. The polar ends face the outside of the cell or inwards towards the cytoplasm and the non polar lipid parts face toward the inside of the lipid bilayer of the membrane. Most phospholipids are made of a glycerol molecule attached to two fatty acids and a phosphate group. (Some phospholipids do not use glycerol and instead use a ceramide.) The phosphate group can be attached to inositol, choline, ethanolamine, and glucose. When attached to glucose it can form a lipid-carbohydrate anchor for carbohydrates that stick off of the cell membrane. Phosphoinositol is used in an important signaling pathway for cells by breaking down into diacyglycerol and phophoinositol phosphate. Also one of the fatty acids attached to phosphoinositol is arachidonic acid which is removed from phosphoinositol in order to make prostaglandins and leukotrienes. Hope that helps.
