Final W1 Flashcards

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A small water insoluble biomolecule

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lipid

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Fatty acids are the primary lipids involved in ___ and energy ____. They are _____ and a ___ form of carbon. The hydrocarbon tail can be ___ or ____.

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energy, storage, amphipathic, reduced, saturated, unsaturated

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All naturally occurring fatty acids contain a hydrophilic ____ group and a hydrophobic ___ chain. The chains are ___ carbons long, ____ and contain an ___ number of carbons. Most of the unsaturated fatty acids contain double bonds at ____, ___ or ____ carbon position. The double bonds are almost almost never ___. All double bonds are ___

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carboxyl, hydrocarbon, 12-24, 9, 12, 15, conjugated, cis

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The physical properties of fatty acids are determined by the length and degree of ____ of the hydrocarbon chain. ____ fatty acids are solids are room temperature. Free ____ around C-C bonds and fully ____ conformation is the most stable. Acyl chains pack tightly, facilitating ___ __ ___ interactions

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unsaturation, saturated, rotation, extended, van der waals

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5
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Unsaturated fatty acids are ___ at room temperature. The cis double bond forms a ___ within the hydrocarbon chain. The unsaturated fatty acids pack less tightly and interactions between neighboring acyl chains are ____

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liquids, kink, weaker

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Triacylglycerols are the _____ from fatty acids. The ___ fatty acids are in a ____ linkage with a molecule of ___. TAGs are ____ molecules ____ in H2O

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simplest, 3, ester, glycerol, hydrophobic, insoluble

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7
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Triacylglycerols form ___ ___ within the ___ serving as deposits of metabolic fuel. ____ store large amounts of TAG within fat droplets that nearly fill the cell. ___ polar animals store TAGs under the skin can ___ against low temperatures

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oily droplets, cytosol, adipocytes, warm-blooded, insulate

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TAG’s carbon atoms are more ___ as compared to carbon atoms within sugars. This gives ______kj/mol of energy from fat vs ____kj/mol of energy from carbohydrates. They are also _____ and _____, which means they are do not have excess ____g/g hydration weight that limits storage capacity

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reduced, 38, 17, hydrophobic, unsaturated, 2

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Most ___ fats are complex mixtures of simple and mixed TAGs. Olive oil has a high proportion of long chain _____ fatty acids, making it liquid at room temperature. Butter has a higher proportion of long chain _____ fatty acids, making it a soft solid at RT and beef fat has very high proportion of long chain saturated fatty acids, making it a ___ solid at room temperature

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natural, unsaturated, saturated, hard

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Glycerophospholipids have ___ fatty acids (that vary) attached via an ___ linkage to the first and second carbons within ______. A highly ___ head group is attached through a _____ linkage to the _____ carbon within the same molecule, and to a ___ ____. The head group can be ___, ___ or __

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2,ester, glycerol-3-phosphate, charged, phosphodiester, 3rd, phosphatidic acid, negative, positive, neutral

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Sphingolipids are a large class of membrane ___ and _____. A fatty acid is attached at ___ by an ___ linkage to _____ , to form the parent compound ___. The polar headgroup is joined through ____ or ___ linkage

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glycolipids, phospholipids, C2, amide, sphingosine, ceramide, glycosidic, phosphodiester

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12
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sphingolipid where the head group is phosphocholine or phosphoethanolamine

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sphingomyelins

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sphingolipid where the head group contains one or more sugars bound to ceramide in glycosidic linkage

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glycosphingolipids

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Sphingolipids that have a head group contains complex oligosaccharides

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gangliosides

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15
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Glycosphingolipids are often enriched on the ___ surface of the cell membrane and play a role in ____ __ and ___ ___. Glycosphingolipid structure on the surface of ___ detemines blood type

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extracellular, cell recognition, cell-to-cell signalling, erthrocytes

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Sterols are ___ compounds with the general formula ________. The structure contains the ___ steroid ___ with ___ fused rings

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organic, C17H28O, rigid, nucleus, 4

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___ is the primary sterol synthesized by animals. They are important components of __ __ and a ___ to many other molecules

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cholesterol, cell membranes, precursor

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Phosphatidylinositols are a ___ component of the ___ side of the cell membrane. ___ _____ cleaves these compounds to generate second messengers __ , which activates ____ channels, and ___, which activates ____. PKC ____ cellular targets mediating diverse effects

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minor, cytoplasmic, phospholipase C, IP3, Ca2+, DAG, PKC, phosphorylates

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Eicosanoids are __ and ___ signalling molecules that are synthesized from ___ and other ____ fatty acids. They are involved in _____, ___, ___, pain, blood ____, and blood ____.

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autocrine, paracrine, arachidonate, polyunsaturated, reproduction, inflammation, fever, clotting, pressure

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Steroids are ____ derivatives of sterols and include ___, ___ and ____. Steroid hormones diffuse into target tissues where they bind highly ____ ___ ___ to regulate changes in gene ____

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oxidized, testosterone, estradiol, cortisol, specific nuclear receptors, expression

21
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Spheres of 10-1000s amphipathic molecules made of free fatty acids, lysophospholipids, and detergents

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micelle

22
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2 lipid monolayers that form a 2D sheet, made of glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids

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bilayer

23
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Membranes that eliminates hydrophobic edges within flat bilayer structures

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vesicle / liposome

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Across an artificial bilayer, the nonpolar alkyl core extends ____ nm from the center followed by fatty acid ___, ___, ____ and ____. Biological membranes are ____ nm thick due to ___ protruding from either side of the lipid bilayer

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1.5, carbonyl, glycerol, phosphate, choline, 5-8, proteins

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Phospholipids form a ___ in which proteins are embedded. The bilayer is ___, ___ and _____. The lipids and proteins form a ___ ___. The bilayer also exhibits __ and ____ asymmetry

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bilayer, semipermeable, flexible, self-repairing, fluid mosaic, functional, structural

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a liquid ordered state or ____, is favored at ___ temperatures and by __ ___ ___ fatty acids. All __ of individual molecules is ___

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LO, low, long chain saturated, motion, constrained

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A liquid disordered state or ___ is favored at ____ temperatures and by __ ___ ___ fatty acids. The hydrocarbon chains are in __ motion

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LD, high, short chain unsaturated, constant

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Individual lipid molecules can move ___ within the plane of the membrane. This is proved by the moving of ____ lipid molecules during _____

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laterally, unbleached, FRAP

29
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Cells have mechanisms to target specific lipids to particular ____. Specific tissues, cell types and organelles have characteristic ___ of lipids. The functional significance of lipid compositions and ___ is largely unknown

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organelles, sets, distribution

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Membrane lipids are ____ distributed across the two leaflets of the bilayer. Membrane ___ results in changes in lipid composition and distribution

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asymmetrically, trafficking

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Membrane ___ are lipid microdomains that form within the ____ leaflet of the cell membrane. They are rich in ___ ___ fatty acids and ____. They facilitate ___ ___ of specific membrane receptors and signaling proteins

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rafts, outer, long saturated, cholesterol, transient segregation