Question

Find the best pair to fill the following two blanks with. Insulin stimulates ______ in the liver. For that, production of its building block is activated by ________ of acetyl-CoA carboxylase.

Select one:

a. fat synthesis ;;;; phosphorylation

b. fat hydrolysis ;;;; dephosphorylation

c. fat synthesis ;;;; dephosphorylation

d. fat hydrolysis ;;;; phosphorylation

e. None of these

Answer 1

The insluin starts the synthesis of the fatty acids in the liver. It is the principle site for the fatty acid synthesis. It does that by increasing the activity of the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Insusin increase the activity by activation the enzyme. Insulin actiavets the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase by phosphorylation the rocess.

The answer is A.