Nutrients protein storage

Insulin promotes synthesis (from circulating nutrients) and storage of glycogen, triglycerides, and protein in its major target tissues liver, fat, and muscle. The release of insulin from the pancreas is stimulated by increased blood glucose, incretins, vagal nerve stimulation, and other factors (see text). 

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The sinusoids transport both portal and arterial blood to the hepatocytes. The systemic blood delivered to the liver contains nutrients, drugs, and ingested toxins. The liver processes the nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals) for either immediate use or for storage, while the drugs and toxins are metabolized through a variety of processes known as first-pass metabolism. The liver also processes metabolic waste products for excretion. In cirrhosis, bilirubin (from the enzymatic breakdown of heme) can accumulate this causes jaundice (yellowing of the skin), scleral icterus (yellowing of the sclera), and tea-colored urine (urinary bilirubin excretion). 

Insulin also plays a role in fat metabolism. In humans, most fatty acid synthesis takes place in the liver. The mechanism of action of insulin involves directing excess nutrient molecules toward metabolic pathways leading to fat synthesis. These fatty acids are then transported to storage sites, predominantly adipose tissue. Finally, insulin stimulates the uptake of amino acids into cells where they are incorporated into proteins. 

Storage. Plants contain special storage proteins, which are also important for human nutrition (not shown). In animals, muscle proteins constitute a nutrient reserve that can be mobilized in emergencies. 

Lipids are a class of biomolecules defined by the fact that they are insoluble in water and similar solvents. Lipids include the fats in foods and the fats stored in our bodies, waxes, and steroids. Importantly for the body, the membranes that surround all cells are made of lipids. Like the carbohydrates starch and glycogen, lipids also serve as energy storage compounds, but per gram, lipids contain more than twice as much energy as carbohydrates and proteins. Excess nutrients not needed for energy are stored as body fat. 

For practical purposes, the nutritional quality of UHT milk is similar to that of conventionally pasteurized milk (Miller 1985 Arnold and Roberts 1982 Burton 1980, 1982 Renner 1980 Kosaric et al. 1981 Katz et al. 1981 Ford and Thompson 1981). As with conventionally pasteurized milk, the degree of heat treatment and the conditions of storage can affect the nutrient content of the milk (Burton 1980,1982 Renner 1980 Kosaric et al. 1981 Ford and Thompson 1981 Mehta 1980). However, careful controls on UHT processing, along with proper packaging, can ensure that the nutritional value of milk with regard to protein, fat, carbohydrate, fat-soluble vitamins, most water-soluble vitamins, and minerals is retained (Ford and Thompson 1981). 

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Insulin is a storage hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin shuttles nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats and amino acids (derived from proteins) into cells. The main function of insulin is to maintain homeostasis of circulatory glucose, and intracellular glycogen storage. It also aids in fat storage. 

RNA secondary structure plays a role in the regulation of iron metabolism in eukaryotes. Iron is an essential nutrient, required for the synthesis of hemoglobin, cytochromes, and many other proteins. However, excess iron can be quite harmful because, untamed by a suitable protein environment, iron can initiate a range of free-radical reactions that damage proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Animals have evolved sophisticated systems for the accumulation of iron in times of scarcity and for the safe storage of excess iron for later use. Key proteins include transferrin, a transport protein that carries iron in the serum, transferrin receptor, a membrane protein that binds iron-loaded transferrin and initiates its entry into cells, and ferritin, an impressively efficient iron-storage protein found primarily in the liver and kidneys. Twenty-four ferritin polypeptides form a nearly spherical shell that encloses as many as 2400 iron atoms, a ratio of one iron atom per amino acid (Figure 31.37). 

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