A Pt 2

Question 1

If palmitic acid(C16:0) has a melting point of 63 degrees, what would you expect the melting point of palmitoleic acid(C16:1 omega-7-cis) to be?

Answer 1

Considerably lower than 63 degrees

Question 2

Linoleum acid (C16:2 omega -6-cis omega-9-cis) has a pKa of 9.25. You make a 7 mM solution in a pH 11.50 buffer. What will be present?

Answer 2

7mM linoleate ions

Question 3

Which type of bond is the branching attachment in Floridean starch?

Answer 3

(1- - >6) glycosidic bonds

Question 4

Correct statements for a spheroprotein found in the cytoplasm of a cell?

Answer 4

The amino acid acyl residues clustering on the inside are hydrophobic and those on the outside are hydrophilic

Question 5

You have 1.1ml of a 28mM solution of summers reagent. What amount do you have?

Answer 5

3.1 mmol (amount= concentration x volume)