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Bile salts emulsify fats, causing breakdown of triglycerides and chylomicrons in the small intestine allowing for their absorption.
Pancreatic juice contains lipase which is the enzyme responsible for fat digestion.
A deficiency of either (e.g. cystic fibrosis) can cause steatorrhoea (or fatty stools)
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Is steatorrhea another term for fatty stools?
Yes, steatorrhea is a term meaning fatty stools.
What do pancreatic enzymes digest?
The pancreatic enzymes amylase, trypsin and lipase digest proteins, fatty acids, carbohydrates and starches.
The pancreatic enzyme that works on fat is?
Lipase is the pancreatic enzyme that works on fats. It helps break down fats into fatty acids and glycerol, which can be absorbed by the body for energy.
What enzyme in the pancreatic solution accomplished the digestion of fats?
The Pancreae is the organ prducing three enzymes, amylase,protease and lipase. Pancreatic lipase breaks down large fat molecules contaning one glycerol and three fatty acids to small digested molecules. Simple answer to your question: Pancreatic Lipase :D
What pancreatic fluids is responsible for the breakdown of fat?
Pancreatic lipase is the pancreatic enzyme responsible for breaking down fats into fatty acids and glycerol. It works in conjunction with other enzymes like colipase and bile salts to facilitate fat digestion and absorption in the small intestine.
What are the product of lipase reaction?
Pancreatic lipase may: hydrolyze triacylglycerols to yield 1,2-diacylglycerol and a fatty acid. It may also hydrolyze 1,2-diacylglycerol to yield 2-monoacylglycerol and a fatty acid. Pancreatic lipase may not hydrolyze 2-monoacylglycerol, because the enzyme is spesific for the primary ester links--> position 1 and 3 in triacylglycerols. But, intestinal isomerase may convert 2-monoacylglycerol to 1-monoacylglycerol. Then, pancreatic lipase can hydrolyze 1-monoacylglycerol to yield a fatty acid and glycerol. :)
Is pancreatic lipase a secretion of the stomach?
Pancreatic lipase (or steapsin) is an enzyme secreted by the pancreas and it acts in the small intestine. Working best at a pH level of 8, it breaks lipid molecules into glycerol and fatty acids.
Is pancreatic lipase an emulsifier?
No, pancreatic lipase is an enzyme that breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol. Emulsifiers are molecules that help to mix fats and water together, but pancreatic lipase does not serve this function.
What pancreatic enzyme digests fats?
Pancreatic ;ipase helps in the digestion of fats to fatty acids and glycerol. Fats are emulsified by the bile produced by the liver producing fat globules. The fat globules are further digested by lipase to form fatty acids and glycerol. Fats are digested at the small intestine.
Fatty acid oxidation results in the direct production of?
Acetyl CoA
What does pancreatic juices do?
This fluid contains enzymes that break down sugars and starches into simple sugars, fats into fatty acids and glycerol, and proteins into amino acids.
What formation results in the hydrolysis of a fat or oil?
The hydrolysis of a fat or oil results in the formation of fatty acids and glycerol. This hydrolysis process is typically catalyzed by enzymes known as lipases. During hydrolysis, the ester bonds between the fatty acids and glycerol molecules are broken, leading to the release of free fatty acids.
