How does putting a double bond in a carbon chain of a lipid affect the structure of the fatty acid?

Q: What does the fact that all organisms contain lectins suggest about the role of carbohydrates?

A: Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins.  They are highly specific to sugar residues that are…

Q: What is the distinctive molecular composition of lipids?

A: Lipids are macro biomolecules composed of fatty acids and their derivatives, sterols-containing…

Q: What is the difference between a saturated and an unsaturated fatty acid?

A: The fatty acids are the carboxylic acids,  which are attached with the aliphatic carbon chain having…

Q: What is the process of lipid hydrolysis thru saponification?

A: Lipids are macromolecules that are the main constituent of the cell membranes of the cell. They are…

Q: Why are lipids not considered to bepolymers or macromolecules?

A: A polymer is a compound that has multiple monomer units connected together to form a long chain of…

Q: What compounds are commonly found among almost all lipids?

A: Lipids are substances that are insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform.

Q: What is lipid? Explain their characteristics by classifying them.

A: The macromolecules that are produced by living organisms and are involved in biological processes…

Q: What prevents lipids from mixing with water

A: Long chains of hydrocarbons are used to make lipids. The long series of carbon to carbon bonds with…

Q: synthesis of sphingolipid

A: There are various different kinds of sphingolipid that are manifested by different structures as…

Q: What are the similarities and differences of transudates and exudates? Fill in a table.

A: The pathophysiological condition in which an excessive amount of fluid gets build up in the pleural…

Q: What are the different physical and chemical properties of lipids?

A: According to the chemical structure lipids can be classified into three main types of lipids. They…

Q: What distinguishes a saturated fatty acid from an unsaturated fatty acid?

A: Answer- Fats are made up of fatty acids and glycerol. There are many different tpyes of fatty acids…

Q: Cysteine is the amino acid that participates in disulfide bonds in proteins. True or false?

A: The statement is true. Cysteine is an amino acid that is involved in formation of disulfide bonds…

Q: trans fats?

A: Trans Fat: Trans fats are the result of hydrogenation. These are unsaturated fats with trans double…

Q: What type of lipid does not contain fatty acid chains? Why are these molecules classified lipids? as

A: Lipids: a. Lipids are organic compounds that are found in every plant and animal cell and they…

Q: What is the primary chemical difference between deoxyribose and ribose? Ribose contains fewer…

A: ANSWER;- d) Ribose contains more hydroxyl groups than deoxyribose EXPLAIN;- The ring is made of four…

Q: What is the difference between a saturated and an unsaturated fattyacid? How do the structural…

A: Fatty acid: Fatty acids are the acids that form a chain of carbon and hydrogen atoms that has a…

Q: How do the shapes of saturated, unsaturated, and trans fatty acids cause them to differ in their…

A: Saturated fatty acid contains flexible and unbranched hydrocarbon chains and saturated fatty acids…

Q: Are the three fatty acids in a molecule of triglyceride identical?

A: Introduction: Fatty acids are the basic and simplest form of lipids that are present in both plants…

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: What are Lipids? Give an example?

A: Cells are the basic units of life, all organisms are made of cells. Cells are in turn made of…

Q: What is the role of cysteine in the structure of the protein?

A: When proteins are synthesized in the body, they must be folded  to what is called the native shape…

Q: What is the molecular chains of amino acids?

A: According to the question we have to find out what is the name of the molecular chains of amino…

Q: What is the relationship between carbon chain length and melting point for fatty acids?

A: Fatty acids are molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acids found in fats and oils and…

Q: What are the four macromolecules

A: Molecule is produced as a result of combination of different atoms.  Macromolecules are kind of…

Q: what is a monosaccharide? differentiate the aldoses and ketoses of monosaccharides and draw…

A: Carbohydrates are complex biomolecules that Consist of carbon hydrogen and oxygen atoms.…

Q: chain of amino acids

A: The amino acid is an organic compound from which proteins are made. It contains two functional…

Q: You have just isolated a pure lipid that contains only sphingosine and a fatty acid. To what class…

A: Sphingosine is an 18-carbon amino alcohol with an unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, which forms a…

Q: Why are saturated fatty acids considered as bad fat while monounsaturated fatty acids are considered…

A: A saturated fatty acid is a type of fat in which fatty acids have predominantly single bond where as…

Q: What type of reaction joins two amino acids together? What other types of organic molecules rely on…

A: The type of reaction that joins two amino acids together is condensation reaction or dehydration…

Q: How does a double bond effect the number of hydrogens found between saturated/unsaturated fatty…

A: Fatty acids may be classified as saturated or unsaturated depending on the presence or absence of…

Q: How does the degree of unsaturation and structure of fats affects its functionality, for example in…

A: Fats are essential macronutrients. There are several forms of dietary fat, and some are far more…

Q: Why are polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids considered as good for our health? Explain such…

A: Polyunsaturated fatty acids are consist of double bonds in their structure and these are important…

Q: Which lipid or class of lipids, the structure and fuction has the most important structural role?

A: Lipids are a class of molecules that are of amphipathic nature which means they contain a…

Q: What properties does a phospholipid head group impart to the lipid, and why is that useful for a…

A: Fatty acids are important micromolecules which combine together to form lipids in plants, animals…

Q: What are the three groups of lipids and how do they differ?

A: Lipids are organic molecules that are generally insoluble in polar solvents such as water. lipids…

Q: What properties are characteristic of lipids?

A: Introduction: Lipids are significant to the body as they are the dominant concentrated storage form…

Q: What bonds link together monosaccharides to form a polysaccharide? What bonds link the monomers of…

A: Note : Hi ! Thank you for the question. We are authorized to answer one question at a time. Since…

Q: Why unsaturated fatty acids have low melting points?

A: Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids with one or more double or triple bonds in their chemical…

Q: What functional group is contained in most hydrolyzable lipids

A: Hydrolyzable lipids are those lipids that carry a functional group, that will react with water. Not…

Q: How do each pair of the following molecules resemble/differ from each other. (a) glycogen and…

A: Carbohydrates are the most abundant biomolecules on earth. There are three major size classes of…

Q: Why is it advantageous that polysaccharides can have branched chains? How do they achieve this…

A: Polysaccharides are made up of repeating unit of monosaccharides. There can be homopolysaccharides…

Q: How important are lipids in our body? Explain.

A: Lipids are organic substances that are insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents like…

Q: Why do cis double bonds lower the melting point of a fatty acid while  trans double bonds have an…

A: Biological macromolecules are those large molecules that are necessary for the survival and growth…

Q: How can you differentiate the lipids from the nucleic acids in terms of function?

A: A biomolecule is a carbon-based organic compound that is produced by a living organism. More than 25…

Q: Why do lipids contain more energy than carbohydrates?

A: Lipids- A lipid is a type of organic molecule found in living things. it is oily or waxy. Fats are…