Lipid metabolism

Lipid metabolism is the synthesis and degradation of lipids in cells.

Lipid metabolism is the break down or storage of fats for energy; these
fats are obtained from consuming food and absorbing them or they are
synthesized by an animal's liver.[1] Lipogenesis is the process of
synthesizing these fats.[2][3]The majority of lipids found in the human
body from ingesting food are Triglycerides.[4] Since lipids are fats, lipid
metabolism is often considered the digestion and absorption process of
dietary fats. Lipid metabolism often begins with hydrolysis,[5][6] which
occurs when a chemical breaks down as a reaction to coming in contact
with water.[2] Lipid metabolism does exist in plants, though the
processes differ in some ways when compared to animals.

Overview of Lipid Metabolism:

The major aspects of lipid metabolism are involved with Fatty Acid
Oxidation to produce energy or the synthesis of lipids which is
called Lipogenesis. Lipid metabolism is closely connected to the
metabolism of carbohydrates which may be converted to fats. This can be
seen in the diagram on the left. The metabolism of both is upset by
diabetes mellitus.

The first step in lipid metabolism is the hydrolysis of the lipid in the
cytoplasm to produce glycerol and fatty acids.

Energy Production Fatty Acid Oxidation:

"Visible" ATP:

In the fatty acid spiral, there is only one reaction which directly uses ATP
and that is in the initiating step. So this is a loss of ATP and must be
subtracted later.
A large amount of energy is released and restored as ATP during the
oxidation of fatty acids. The ATP is formed from both the fatty acid spiral
and the citric acid cycle.