What is the classification of phopholipids and the biochemical role of each phospholipid group.

Q: Why are phospholipds arranged tail to tail instead of head to head on lipid bilayers.

A: Hydrophilic molecules dissolve in water because they contain charged groups. Hydrophobic molecules…

Q: What is the common precursor of all phospholipids and TAG? Phosphatidic acid…

A: Phospholipids are a group of hydrophilic phosphate heads and hydrophobic tails. phospholipids are…

Q: Draw a phospholipid that contains a 12 carbon saturated chain and a 14 carbon 2-3 chain with an…

A: Lipids are biomolecules that are part of cells' structural components, cell signaling, and energy…

Q: What characteristics of phopholipids make the lipid bilayer fluid?

A: The plasma membrane, also called the cell membrane, is the membrane found in all cells that separate…

Q: how do phospholipids chemical structures help with identifying lipids?

A: Introduction  Lipids are a diverse group of organic molecules that are insoluble in water but…

Q: Why might adding a strong reducing agent like Dithiothreitol (DTT) help denature an extracellular…

A: Proteins are biopolymers made of repeating units of different amino acids. Protein structures play…

Q: Lipid bilayers are amphipathic. What does this mean?

A: Hydrophilicity is the character of the molecules in which molecules love water that is they dissolve…

Q: Describe the structure of a phospholipid and explain which regions of the phospholipid are…

A: Plasma membrane, also known as cell membrane is found in all cells. It is a network of lipids and…

Q: Which of the following descriptions is the best for a phospholipid?

A: Ans. Phospholipids are the main components of the plasma membrane, which is the outermost layer of…

Q: Why can’t triacylglycerols be significant components of lipid bilayers?

A: A lipid is any of various organic compounds that are insoluble in water. They include fats, waxes,…

Q: Given that phospholipid synthesis occurs only on ONE side of the bilayer, how does a cell end up…

A: The eukaryotic cells contains phospholipids as the major components of the plasma membrane composed…

Q: In phospholipids, at least one fatty acid chain is "kinked", resulting in a bent structure. why?

A: Introduction :- Cell membrane is mainly made up of proteins and lipids . Membrane lipids are…

Q: What is lipid phosporylation?

A: Phosphorylation is a chemical process that adds a phosphate group to a molecule, most commonly a…

Q: What's the difference between energy storage lipids, structural lipids, and signaling lipids? Their…

A: Lipids are small molecules which are soluble in organic solvents and insoluble in aqueous solvents.…

Q: What type of lipids would you expect to find concentrated in lipid rafts? APoly-unsaturated…

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Q: Why should it make sense that a phospholipid molecule is larger than a carbon?

A: An atom is composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Same type of atoms combines together to…

Q: Glycerolphospholipid head groups include coline, ethanolamine, glycerol and serine. Which of these…

A: Lipids are macromolecules comprised of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon just like carbohydrates but in…

Q: what does a triglyceride  concept map look like with 10 like words or phrases

A: Triglyceride or triacylglycerol is made up of of 3 fatty acid chain and one glycerol molecule .…

Q: The following figure shows a typical phospholipid. Suppose this molecule was incorporated into a…

A: Non-polar macromolecules called lipids have a variety of functions in the body. Fatty acids that…

Q: Phospholipids will spontaneously form bubbles of bi-layer when put into water. Why do they do this?…

A: Phospholipid amphipathic molecules of hydrophilic phosphate head and hydrophobic fatty acid tails.

Q: How are waxes made by condensation of a fatty acid with :   alcohols, sterols, carboxylic acid or…

A: A wax is a saponifiable liquid that consists of carboxylic acid ester which is formed by…

Q: Which property of phospholipids is responsible for the formation of phospholipid bilayers?

A: All cells are enclosed by a plasma membrane that forms a barrier between the cell and its…