Given the monosaccharide:  what is its main functional group (aldose or ketose?) Is it triose, hexose, pentose or tetrose? is it D or L configuration?

Q: Are triacylglycerols :  insoluble in water? very oxidized, contain-glycerol-fatty acids and…

A: Triacylglycerols are non-polar and hydrophobic.

Q: How many chiral centers are there in the open-chain form of glucose? In the cyclic form?

A: Chiral carbons are asymmetric carbon atoms that are attached to four different atoms. Each chiral…

Q: When a person cannot digest galactose, its reduced form, called dulcitol, often accumulates in the…

A: Galactitol or dulcitol is sugar alcohol, the reduction product of alcohol. In people with…

Q: What is the structure of a simple triaclyglycerol from compound J and H

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Q: How many of the amino acid N are there in this structure?

A: Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic. It is used for treating skin infections, right-sided…

Q: What sugar is produced by the epimerization of galactose?

A: Sugars are defined as the sweet-tasting compounds that are present in various food sources such as…

Q: Can there be any chiral carbon atoms in triacylglycerols? If so, which ones can be chiral and what…

A: Chiral carbon centers are carbon atoms that are attached to four different substituents, that are…

Q: What type of lipid is the following compound?

A: Lipid is a biomolecule, it is insoluble in water. It includes Fats, waxes, Oils, steroids,…

Q: What changes in the structure of each polysaccharide affect its gelling property? Explain

A: Colloid polysaccharides, proteins, and synthetic polymers are used to make gels, which are solid,…

Q: what is the name of the monosaccharide A?

A: The name of the Monosaccharide A is GALACTOSE.  The structure differs from glucose at the fourth…

Q: How many charged functional groups will be found on serine at physiological pH?

A: The chemistry of amino acids is complicated because there is a -NH2 group, which is a base and a…

Q: How many reducing ends and non reducing end does O-a-D-glucopyranofil(l ➔1) a-D-glucopyranoside(a…

A: Disaccharides are  simple sugars composed of 2 monosaccharides connected via a glycosidic bond. They…

Q: How many chirality centers are contained in (a) the aldotetrose and (b) the ketopentose just given…

A: Introduction: The carbon that are connected to four distinctive substituents and put at the sides of…

Q: In the monosaccharide derivatives known as sugar alcohols, the carbonyl oxygen is reduced to a…

A: The D- and L- notation is a convenient way to designate enantiomers. For e.g., D-Glucose is the…

Q: Identify the monosaccharides and their linkages in the following disaccharide. HOCH, Но H. -0-CH2 OH…

A: To identify the monosaccharides and their linkage in the given disaccharide.

Q: What are the Amino acids and the moieties of the following three structures?

A: The only amino acid in this compound is a phenyl alanine (enclosed within circle).

Q: What is pentose ? Explain with examples ?

A: The four important biomolecules found in the cell are carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, and…

Q: Classify each of the following sugar pairs as enantiomers, diastereomers, epimers, or an…

A: Since we answer only three sub-parts at a time, we are answering the first three sub-parts listed…

Q: Which of the following sugars do not have asymmetric centers?

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Q: Given the structure of disaccharide below: (a) is it reducing or non-reducing? (b) will it react…

A: Macromolecules are types of biomolecules that are needed by the body in large quantities for growth…

Q: In the 1970s, a process was developed thatconverts the glucose in corn syrup to its sweeter-tasting…

A: Carbohydrates are biological molecules that contain carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms. Glucose and…

Q: What does it mean to describe a glycosidic bond as β-1,4-? To describe it as α-1,6-?

A: A glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage is a type of covalent bond that joins a monosaccharide…

Q: In the L-isomer of a Fischer projection of a monosaccharide, the defining - OH group is written on…

A: Fischer Projection was formulated by Emil Fischer (1891) and it use to draw 3D-diagram of chiral…

Q: What is the structural difference between an aldose and a ketose?

A: Carbohydrates are the simple sugars which contains carbon , hydrogen and oxygen compounds .…

Q: What is a monounsaturated fatty acid?

A: Fatty acids are carboxylic acid with hydrocarbon side chain. Fatty acid can be saturated or…

Q: What are the common fatty acid chains in phosphoglycerides, and why do these fatty acid chains…

A: Introduction: Glycerophospholipids, also known as phosphoglycerides, are membrane lipids in which…

Q: For disaccharide b, give the monosaccharide units produced by hydrolysis, the type of glycosidie…

A: A disaccharide is a  carbohydrate that was composed of two monosaccharide units linked by a…

Q: Identify each of the following Haworth projection formulas as an a-D monosaccharide or a ß…

A: In alpha-D-monosaccharide, the -OH on C-1 and -CH2OH on C-5 are on opposite side and this is reverse…

Q: Can triacylglycerols contain chiral carbon atoms? If so, which ones are chiral and how is their…

A: Chiral carbon centers are carbon atoms bonded to four distinct substituents and arranged at the…

Q: This is the compound tagatose. Is this an aldose or a ketose?

A: Tagatose is a six-carbon monosaccharide. It is a rare sugar.  Tagatose is used as a low-calorie…

Q: What are the glycosidic linkages of the trisaccharide shown?

A: Glycosidic bonds are covalent bonds to link the sugar molecule to another and form carbohydrate or…

Q: D- and L- designations are used to distinguish between the two possible enantiomers of the…

A: Fischer projections are the two-dimensional representations of the atomic connectivity and…

Q: What structural features do a triacylglycerol and a phosphatidyl ethanolamine have in common? How do…

A: Biomolecules are the biological molecules that are present inside the living organisms. These…

Q: Why is cysteine such an important amino acid for defining the tertiary structure of some proteins?

A: Protein has several confirmation levels, out of which quaternary level is the most functional…

Q: What is unusual about the structure of N-acetylmuramic acid compared with the structures of other…

A: Carbohydrates are a type of biomolecule composed mainly of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen along with…

Q: In the formula for sucrose (structure shown above), the bottom ring is pyranose. True or False?

A: A molecule synthesized by living organisms or cells is referred to as a "biomolecule."…

Q: What exactly is a glycoform?

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules present in living organisms. Major biomolecules are proteins,…

Q: What is unusual about glutathione’s structure? (If you cannot answer this question, draw the…

A: Glutathione is a tripeptide comprised of glutamine, cysteine, and glycine. It is an antioxidant…

Q: What is the structural difference between the a hemiacetal form of a carbohydrate and the β form?

A: The carbon atom which is bonded to one -OH group and one -OR group is known as hemiacetal.

Q: Which of the following is least soluble in hexane?

A: Fatty acids (FA) are aliphatic chain with carboxylic acid group, which is non-polar molecule. This…

Q: CH2OH CH2OH H H OH H H H OH H OH H ОН H OH H OH What is the molecular formula of Maltose?

A: Carbohydrates are polyhydroxy compounds, composed of carbons, hydrogen, and an oxygen atom. It is…

Q: Which of the following molecules is used to synthesize the lipid shown? HO

A: Sterols are a type of steroid with an OH group at the 3rd position of the aromatic ring. It is a…

Q: What does the term achiral mean? Give two examples.

A: Chirality is the property of an image, which helps to demonstrate the not a mirror image because of…

Q: What structural relationship is indicated by term D-sugar? Why are +glucose and -fructose classified…

A: D and L configuration is shown by the chiral compounds. A chiral carbon is the one which is attached…

Q: Which of the following four general statements is TRUE regarding this tetrapeptide?

A: Given a tetrapeptide having residue 1 as acidic, residue 2 proline, residue 3 cysteine and residue 4…

Q: Which is the stable conformation of ribose sugar, Fischer or furanose ring? Why?

A: Fischer projection is a two-dimensional structure of a saccharide which was in the form of an…

Q: Why can aldoses and ketoses both behave as reducing sugars?

A: Reducing sugars are saccharides that contain free aldehyde or ketone groups that react with reducing…