Using the first C=C (i.e. 5 and 4) bond in each of the polyunsaturated fatty acids EPA (20:5D5,8,11,14,17) and DHA (22:6D4,7,10,13,16,19), show that only when the double bond is on an even numbered carbon atom is a reduction involving NADPH required.
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- why doesn't hexanes differentiate between a saturated and unsaturated fat or a cis/trans unsaturated fat? Explain how solubility plays a role in the effectivenss of a solvent to extracgt a particular compound. what are two different things that you can do to imporove the amount of compound extracted?Why double bonds of fatty acids in our body are generally in cis for?DHA is a fatty acid derived from fish oil and an abundant fatty acid invertebrate brains. Hydrogenation of DHA forms docosanoic acid[CH3(CH2)20CO2H], and ozonolysis forms CH3CH2CHO, CH2(CHO)2 (fiveequivalents), and HCOCH2CH2CO2H. What is the structure of DHA if all double bonds have the Z configuration?
- A reducing sugar will undergo the Fehling reaction, which requires a(potential) free aldehyde group. Which of the disaccharides shown inFigure are reducing and which are nonreducing?Draw the condensed structural formula for the fatty acid whose numerical shorthand designation is 18:2 (△ 9,12)A reducing sugar will undergo the Fehling reaction, which requires a (potential) free aldehyde group. Which of the disaccharides as shown are reducing and which are nonreducing?
- When blood levels of glucose are higher than normal,glucose molecules react with protein side chains such as thatof lysine residues to produced glycated side chains. Explainwhy this process is dangerous. What is the name of the firstfunctional group that is formed during glycation?A pentapeptide has a titration curve that shows five inflection points for five equivalents of hydroxide added. How many residues have ionizable groups within their side chains (R-groups) based on this information?Given the structure of disaccharide below: (a) is it reducing or non-reducing?(b) will it react positively with Benedict's reagent and (c) what specific name of glycosidic linkage of the disaccharide is given?
- Threonine has two chiral centers. Draw L-threonine and indicate which carbon atoms are chiral. Which carbon atom is responsible for d and L configuration?Proteins that are synthesized by living organisms adopt abiologically active conformation. Yet when such moleculesare prepared in the laboratory, they usually fail to spontaneously adopt their active conformations. Can you suggestwhy?Which of the following statements regarding the nitrogenous base guanine is FALSE? A) ALL of these statements are TRUE B) the enol form of guanine base-pairs with thymine C) guanine undergoes a tautomeric shift between a keto and an enol form D) the keto form of guanine base-pairs with cytosine E) an alcohol (-OH) group is present in guanine's enol form, but absent in the keto form F) guanine’s keto form is more stable than its enol form