The main difference between a glycerophospholipid and a sphingophospholipid is which

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Q: Select all of the following that are parts of a phospholipid. O glycerol with 2 fatty acid tails…

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Q: Name two glycerophospholipids found in eukaryotic cell membranes and two sphingolipids. What…

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A: An amphipathic molecule could be a molecule that has polar and non-polar elements.

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

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Q: Phospholipids are amphipathic. Explain with an example?

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Q: ats are hydrophobic while phospholipids are amphipathic. Define ydrophobic and amphipathic, and…

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Q: Proteins are often regulated by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation reactions. What amino acid…

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

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Q: Which of the following amino acids undergoes phosphorylation?     Histidine     Glutamic Acid…

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

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Q: If you were tasked to make a very rigid lipid bilayer, which of the choices below would be the best…

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Q: If the head group of a lipid has a surface area of , 65 A^2 ,estimate the number of lipid molecules…

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Q: Phospholipids have two fatty acyl chains and can form spherical micells in the presence of water.…

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Q: An example of Simple lipid is: Steroid Glycolipid Phospholipid Sphingolipid

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Q: Which portion of a glycerophospholipid molecule forms the interfacial region of a lipid bilayer? O…

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Q: Imagine a glycogen molecule with 7.43×10³ glucose residues. If branches occur every 10 residues, how…

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Q: Describe a rough structure of a phospholipid and explain the main difference with sphingolipid.

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

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Q: If you were tasked to make a very rigid lipid bilayer, which of the choices below would be the best…

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Q: Why should it make sense that a mitochondrion(a cellular organelle) is larger than a phospholipid…

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Q: A phospholipid in cell membrane is an amphiphilic molecule, meaning it has both a hydrophilic region…

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Q: A cholesterol molecule consists of a polar region (shown in white) and a nonpolar region (shown in…

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Q: Which of the following is false about cellulose?

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Q: A structural element common in all glycerophospholipids is:

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Q: Which of the following statements are acceptable and why? [Whereas all the carbohydrate in the…

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Q: Select one: A. Both glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids are used as component of cell membrane.…

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Q: Why picric and tannic acid is used for the treatments of burn. Explain this in the concept of…

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Q: Define the term anomeric carbon. In glucose, which carbon is the anomeric carbon?

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Q: please list functions of glycoprotein

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Q: Lipid bilayers are said to behave like two-dimensional fluids. What does this mean?

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Q: Describe the relation between triacylglycerol synthesis and phospholipid synthesis

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Q: Describe the structure of a phospholipid. Which end of themolecule is hydrophilic? Explain why.

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Q: How does the phospholipid bilayer of a liposome differ from the phospholipid bilayer of the plasma…

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Q: what will happen if the phospholipids only have 2 carbon in their structure instead of the usual or…

A: Phospholipids are also known as phosphatides. They are a class of lipids that has a hydrophilic…