Answer to Question #159341 in Biology for Aimee

Question #159341

Explain the effects of bile in the digestion of lipids


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2021-01-29T05:54:45-0500

Bile emulsifies lipids making them accessible for the water-soluble lipases (enzymes that digest lipids). Lipids are hydrophobic compounds that do not interact with water. As a result, lipases cannot penetrate the lipid droplet and cannot hydrolyze lipid molecules. Bile serves as a detergent that emulsifies lipids producing small lipid droplets accessible for lipases.


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