Shannon Alford
Lipid Storage Molecule Conversion to ATP
Lipids (also known as fats) are nonpolar, insoluble molecules gained within the body trough digestion of food. Triglycerides, a type of lipid that serve as storage units for energy have 3 fatty acid chain tails made up of carboxylic acid and a fatty carbon chain attached to a glycerol backbone. These molecules can be saturated or unsaturated contingent on the bond types and hydrogen number in the molecule. Anytime a fatty acid is removed from a glyceride molecule, dehydration synthesis occurs and a water molecule is taken away. This helps to break the bonds, also called esterase linkages, within the molecule. These bonds house the energy within the triglyceride. After …show more content…
Without fat, estrogen, a hormone which needs fat to be absorbed, would not be present to play its role in normal reproduction. Estrogen is responsible for fetal growth and uterine changes during pregnancy. With no estrogen due to an absence of fats, pregnancies would not be possible and human life as we know it would fade into extinction.
Without fats, many vital processes would not be carried out and would be detrimental to life as we know it. (Chang, 2013) (National Institutes of Health, 2014)
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