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lipid metabolism

Friday 22 May 2009

Pathways

- fatty acid biosynthesis
- fatty acid elongation in mitochondria
- fatty acid metabolism
- synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies
- biosynthesis of steroids
- bile acid biosynthesis
- C21-Steroid hormone metabolism
- androgen and estrogen metabolism
- glycerolipid metabolism
- glycerophospholipid metabolism
- ether lipid metabolism
-  sphingolipid metabolism
- arachidonic acid metabolism
- linoleic acid metabolism
- alpha-Linolenic acid metabolism
- biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids

Pathology

- inherited diseases of lipid metabolism