Phospholipid and glycolipid metabolism

Question 1

where do lipids for lipid bilayer form?

Answer 1

ER

Question 2

what is the backbone of what we will load fatty acids on?

Answer 2

glycerol 3 phosphate

Question 3

what is the backbone for sphingolipids

Answer 3

sphingosine

Question 4

what are the storage lipids

Answer 4

triacylglycerides

Question 5

describe structure of glycerol

Answer 5

3 carbons, contains 3 hydroxyl groups,

Question 6

what is the backbone for phospholipids

Answer 6

glycerol

Question 7

in glycerophospholipids what position is fatty acid at

Answer 7

2

Question 8

in glycerophospholipids what kind of fatty acid at position 2

Answer 8

unsaturated

Question 9

both glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids contain what needed for membrane fluidity

Answer 9

crooked unsaturated aliphatic chain

Question 10

describe how membranes avoid changes in their fluidity for example with low temperature

Answer 10

high cholesterol

Question 11

how does inner mitochondrial membrane avoid changes in membrane with phase change

Answer 11

has a lot of phospholipids with fatty acids with double bonds

Question 12

draw the phospholipid biosynthesis pathway

Answer 12

pg 24

Question 13

cardiolipin

Answer 13

glycerol with 2 phosphatidic acids