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An individual has an excess of glucose and converts the glucose into fatty acids for better...

  1. An individual has an excess of glucose and converts the glucose into fatty acids for better storage capacity. Briefly review the steps required. Can the opposite occur?
  2. An individual has an excess of amino acids and converts the amino acids into fatty acids for better storage capacity. Briefly review the steps required. Can the opposite occur? Why or why not?

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Synthesis of fatty acids

1. Transfer of Acetyl coa from mitochondria to cytosol

2. Synthesis of fatty acids like palmitate

Synthesis of triacyl glycerol...

(Note that via via dihydroxy acetone phosphate , glucose enters triacyl glycerol synthesis)

Yes the opposite can occur via gluconeogenesis.

Yes it is possible to metabolize amino Acids to fatty acids

Yes reverse can be possible in non essential amino acids like glycine which can be manufactured in body itself

We take essential Amino acids (like valine, isoleucine, phenylalanine etc) through our diets as they can't be manufactured in the body.

Sydney Mullin answered 1 year ago
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