Lipids glyceride biosynthesis

Fats and fat-like compounds of varying chemical structures are classified as lipids. They have a low molecular weight and are insoluble in water. The original substance in fat biosynthesis is acetyl-CoA (so-called activated acetic acid). On the basis of chemical criteria, they may be divided into simple lipids (glycerides, cholesterol, cholesterol esters, bile acids) and complex lipids, (s. tab. 3.7)... 

CDP-glyearida cytidine diphosphate glyceride. See Membrane lipids (biosynthesis). 

It has long been recognized that the biosynthesis of glycerides occurs via the intermediate formation of complex lipids. 

The role of diet in the control of glyceride metabolism is almost certainly mediated by changes in the concentrations of circulating hormones which induce or repress the biosynthesis of enzymes such as PAP. This is a poorly understood area of lipid biochemistry because of the difficulties of isolating and purifying enzymes that are predominantly membrane-bound in order to study their induction or allosteric control (section 3.2.7). 

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