BY4.2 Altenate Respiratory Substrates
- Created by: Yazmin Ali
- Created on: 14-06-16 19:08
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Lipids:
- used when carb levels are low
- lipid molecule is split into fatty acids and glycerol by hydrolysis
- the glycerol is converted into a 3C sugar that enters the krebs cycle via riose phosphate - produces ATP
- fatty acid chain splits into 2C fragments which enter the pathway as acetyl coenzyme A
- a lot of ATP is built up, the…
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