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Lipids Flashcards

1
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Derivatives of fatty acids serve as

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hormones, signal molecules, and intracellular messenger

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2
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Fatty acids are the building blocks of _______ and _______, components of biological membranes

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Phospholipids and glycolipids

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3
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suffix for a fatty acid with no double bond

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-anoic

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4
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suffix for a fatty acid with 1 double bond

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-enoic

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5
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suffix for a fatty acid with two double bonds

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-adienoic

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6
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Suffix for a fatty acid with three double bonds

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-atrienoic

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7
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The methyl carbon at the distal end of the chain is called the ______

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omega carbon

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8
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when number fatty acids you start where

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at the carboxyl terminus

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9
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Carbon number two of a fatty acid is the ______

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alpha carbon

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10
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Carbon number three of a fatty acid is the _____

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beta carbon

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11
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What group on a fatty acid is ionizable

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The fatty acid head group

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12
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Fatty acids usually contain an _____ number of C atoms, typically between ____ and ____

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even, 14, and 24

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13
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what are the two most common carbon fatty acids

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16 and 18

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14
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Is cis or trans fatty acids more common

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Cis

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15
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Fatty acids are ionized at physiological pH, so it is appropriate to refer to them according to their ______

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Caroxylate form, ex palmitate instead of palmitic acid

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16
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what determines the properties of a fatty acid

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The length of the chain and the degree of saturation

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17
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Unsaturated fatty acids have a _____ melting point than saturated fatty acids of the same length

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lower

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18
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The melting points of saturated fatty acids _____ with the chain length

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increase

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19
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What are the 3 essential fatty acids

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Linoleate, Linolenate, and Arachidonate

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20
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What is the systematic name for Palmitate

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n-Hexadecanoate

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21
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What is the systematic name for Stearate

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n-Octadecanoate

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22
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What is the systematic name Linoleate

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Octadecadienoate

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23
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What is the systematic name of Linolenate

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Octadecatrienoate

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24
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What is the systematic name of Arachidonate

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Eicosatetraenoate

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25
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how many carbons are in Palmitate

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16

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26
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how many carbons are in Stearate

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18

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27
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How many carbons are in Linoleate

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18

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28
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How many carbons are in Linolenate

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18

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29
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How many carbons are in Arachidonate

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20

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30
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an archaean uses ____ linkage in its fatty acids because they are more resistant to hydrolysis

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ether linkage

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31
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Branched and saturated hydrocarbons are more resistant to _______

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Oxidation

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32
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What are the three major membrane lipids

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Phospholipids, Glycolipids, Cholesterol

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33
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Cerebroide is what kind of major membrane lipid

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Glycolipid

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34
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Phosphoglyceride and Sphingomyelin are what type of major class of membrane lipids

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Phospholipids

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35
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What are the 4 components of a phospholipid

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2-Fatty acids, a backbone to which fatty acids are attached (glycerol or spingosine) Phosphate, an alcohol attached to phosphate

36
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What enables phospholipids to interact with water

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Hydrophilic properties of phosphate and alcohol groups

37
Q

Saturated C16 and C18 fatty acids usually occur at the ____ position of a phospholipid/Phosphoglyceride glycerol backbone

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C1

38
Q

Unsaturated C16 to C20 fatty acids usually occupy the ____ position of a phospholipid/Phosphoglyceride glycerol backbone

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C2

39
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Saturated ____ and ____fatty acids usually occur at the C1 position of a phospholipid/Phosphoglyceride glycerol backbone

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C16 and C18

40
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Unsaturated ___ to ____ fatty acids usually occupy the C2 position of a phospholipid/Phosphoglyceride glycerol backbone

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C16 to C20

41
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only small amounts of _____ are present in membranes

A

phosphatidate

42
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What is phosphatidate (diacylglycerol 3-phosphate)

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a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of other phosphoglycerides.

43
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What is the major function of Phosphatidylserine

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Important for memory and cognition

44
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What is the major function of Phosphatidylcholine

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Major constituent of cell membrane and pulmonary surfactant

45
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what is the major function of Phosphatidylethanolamine

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composing 25% of all phospholipids in human physiology, they are found particularly in nervous tissue such as the white matter of brain

46
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What is the major function of phosphatidylinositol

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important signaling and other functional activities in eukaryotic cell

47
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What is the major function of Diphosphatidylglycerol (cardiolipin)

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Important component of inner mitochondrial membrane

48
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What is a Sphingosine

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An amino alcohol that contains a long, unsaturated hydrocarbon

49
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What is Sphingomyelin

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A phospholipid with the sphingosine as the backbone

50
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In Sphingomyelin the amino group of the sphingosine is linked to a fatty acid by an _______

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Amide bone

51
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Where is Sphingomyelin found

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Found in animal cell membranes especially in the membranous myelin sheath that surrounds some nerve cell axons

52
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what are glycolipids derived from

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sphingosine

53
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What are the simplest glycolipids

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Cerebroside, which contains a single sugar residue, either glucose or galactose

54
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how do glycolipids differ from sphingomyelin

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the identity of the unit that is linked to the primary hydroxyl group of the sphingosine backbone. In glycolipids it is one or more sugars (rather than phosphorylcholine)

55
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In glycolipids the sugar residues are always on the ____________ side of the membrane

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extracellular

56
Q

how many sugar residues does a cerebroside contain

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a single sugar residue, either a glucose or galactose

57
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What are gangliosides?

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more -complex glycolipids. may contain a branched chain of as many as seven sugar residues

58
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where are Cerebrosides found

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important components in animal muscle and nerve cell membranes

59
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What is the common name for monoglycosylceramides

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Cerbrosides

60
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Why is cholesterol classified as a sterol

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because of its C3-OH group and its branched aliphatic side chain of 8 to 10 atoms at C-17.

61
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Cholesterol is a _____, present in eukaryotes but not in most ________

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steroid, prokaryotes

62
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Cholesterol is formed from how many fused saturated hydrocarbon rings

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4

63
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What is the ring system for cholesterol named

A

cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene

64
Q

What is the most abundant steroid in animals

A

Cholesterol

65
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Cholesterol is a major component of the eukaryotic __________

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Plasma membrane

66
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In the membrane cholesterol is oriented _______ to the fatty acid chains of the phospholipids, and the hydroxyl group interacts with the nearby __________

A

Parallel, phospholipid head group

67
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Cholesterol is a metabolic precursor of what

A

steroid hormones

68
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Cholesterol is absent in some _____ membranes and ______

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intracellular, prokaryotes

69
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How many carbons does laurate have

A

12

70
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how many carbons does myristate have

A

14

71
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How many carbons does arachidate have

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20

72
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how many carbons does behenate have

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22

73
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How many carbons does lignocerate have

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24

74
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How many carbons does Palmitoleate have

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16

75
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How many carbons does oleate have

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18

76
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what are the fatty acids with 2 double bond

A

palmitoleate and Oleate

77
Q
A

Phosphatidylinositol

78
Q
A

Dihosphatidylglycerol (cardiolpin)

79
Q

Spingomyelin is a phospholipid found in membranes that is not derived from ______

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Glycerol

80
Q

Spingosine backbone is

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an amino alcohol that contains a long, unsaturated hydrocarbon chain.

81
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Ether linkage is more resistant to what

A

Hydrolysis

82
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What are the three ways that archaeon membrane lipids differ from human

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Ether linkage, branching, and sterochemistry is different

83
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A

Phosphatidylserine

83
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A

Phosphatidylcholine

83
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A

Phosphatidylethanolamine

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