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Fatty Acids: Degradation and Synthesis Overview

After watching and learning the video you should be able to: Know the four physiological roles of fatty acids. Know the sequence of four reactions for synthesis and degradation. Draw out structures for generic fatty acid synthesis and degradation. Know what the difference between an acetyl group and acyl group is. Know what a malonate looks like is. Know what a methylene group is. Know what happens to a molecule when it is reduced or oxidised. Know what desaturation means and why desaturating the activated acyl group in the first step of degradation is an oxidation reaction.