Explain how does insulin activate fatty acid biosynthesis

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1. How do glucagon and epinephrine block fatty acid biosynthesis?

2. How does insulin activate fatty acid biosynthesis?

3. How does the chain undergo further lengthening after 16 carbons? Where in the cell does this occur?

4. Specifically describe the enzyme complex called fatty acid synthase?

5. What enzymes are responsible for introducing double bonds into fatty acids?

6. What is the energy cost (roughly) for the synthesis of one cholesterol molecule?

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