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1) TAGs are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids, what happens to them?
2) Fats feed glucogenesis in a very efficient way, what is this way?
3) What are the primary differences between glycolysis and gluconeogenesis?
1. TAG = Triacylglycerol
It contains three fatty acids attached to a glycerol
molecule.
Hydrolysis of a TAG produces fatty acids and glycerol.
Fatty acids are broken down in the beta-oxidation pathway to
produce Acetyl CoA.
Glycerol is converted to Glycerol-3-phosphate and then to DHAP.
DHAP enters glycolysis.
High-fat foods are known to cause hepatic-insulin
resistance.
They promote gluconeogenesis.