Which two molecules are lipids and are they lower or higher numbered lipids and are they steroid, fat, or phospholipid?
Which two molecules are lipids and are they lower or higher numbered lipids and are they steroid, fat, or phospholipid?
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Chapter1: Biochemistry: An Evolving Science
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Which two molecules are lipids and are they lower or higher numbered lipids and are they steroid, fat, or phospholipid?

Transcribed Image Text:1
3
6
HO-C-H
CH₂OH
c=0
H-C-OH
I
H-C-OH
CH₂OH
H
Н
Н
N-C-C
CH
=0
он
HC CH2
CH3
4
но
TII
H2N-C-C-ОН
7
CH2
|
ОН
CH₂OH ОН
о о
ОН ОН
8
5
2
0
0=P-0
о
NH₂
N
OH
Expert Solution

Step 1 Categorization of the given molecules
- Number (2) is a phosphate moiety part of H3PO4
- Number (3) is a carbohydrate. It is a hexose sugar called D fructose (ketohexose).
- Number (4) is an amino acid serine.
- Number (5) is a nucleotide purine more precisely it is an adenine molecule.
- Number (6) is an amino acid isoleucine.
- Number (7) is again a carbohydrate sugar ribose.
- Number (1) and (8) are lipids.
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