Interesting, the peroxisomes are the only cell organelle i never really learned what these do. But now at uni i am learning about fatty acid metabolism and now i am learning about them. I knew that they have a very important role in free radical processing but now i know that they also are important to shorten long fatty acids to medium length fatty acids to be processed further in the mitochrondria for complete oxidation. Thanks for the video!
Awesome stuff. We were taught that in the first step the enzyme is FAD-containing acyl CoA oxidase due to the formation of the ROS (H2O2). What is your textbook of preference for lipid metabolism?
Hello sir, this question can be silly but i wanted to ask, why do we have to oxidise the molecule onto 8 carbons and not 16 or so, as normally 16 c atom molecule is also taken up by the mitochondria?
I think is because a 8C fatty acid can enter the mitochondria without the need of Carnitine.... So I belive that since you are already oxidizing a very long fatty acid, it's better to continue to 8C instead of stopping at 16C, because It's far easier to transport the 8C to the mitochondria.
Hello there. I'm doing biology videos. I want to take advantage of the information on your channel. Can you add Turkish subtitles to your videos? Thanks.
