Prompt: How does the liver process glucose differently from the way it metabolizes fructose?
STUDENT RESOURCES - Lipids
Use the resources below to help guide your understanding. Make sure you do your own research too.
Britannica Quote:
Lipid, any of a diverse group of organic compounds including fats, oils, hormones, and certain components of membranes that are grouped together because they do not interact appreciably with water.
Wikipedia Quote:
In biology and biochemistry, a lipid is a macro biomolecule that is soluble in nonpolar solvents. Non-polar solvents are typically hydrocarbons used to dissolve other naturally occurring hydrocarbon lipid molecules that do not (or do not easily) dissolve in water.
Prompt: How can the body use glucose to form a larger macromolecule, glycogen?
STUDENT RESOURCES - Large Carbohydrates (Glycogen)
Use the resources below to help guide your understanding. Make sure you do your own research too.
Please note items marked with an asterisk (*) are highly recommended and more accessible.
Wikipedia quote:
Polysaccharides are long chains of carbohydrate molecules, specifically polymeric carbohydrates composed of monosaccharide units bound together by glycosidic linkages. They range in structure from linear to highly branched. Examples include storage polysaccharides such as starch and glycogen, and structural polysaccharides such as cellulose and chitin.
Prompt: How are the non-essential amino acids, the ones we don't consume in our diet, formed?
STUDENT RESOURCES - AMINO ACIDS
Use the resources below to help guide your understanding.
Make sure you do your own research too!
Wikipedia quote:
Amino acid synthesis is the set of biochemical processes (metabolic pathways) by which the amino acids are produced. The substrates for these processes are various compounds in the organism's diet or growth media. Not all organisms are able to synthesize all amino acids. For example, humans can only synthesize 11 of the 20 standard amino acids (a.k.a. non-essential amino acid), and in time of accelerated growth, histidine, can be considered an essential amino acid.[1]
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