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How many double bonds do saturated fatty acids have?
There may be one double bond or many, up to six in important fatty acids.
Term describing a fatty acid with 2 or more double bonds between carbon?
The term Lipid is used to describe a fatty acid with 2 or more double bonds between carbon. Oils are a necessary nutrient for health but many people over indulge in them.
How will carbon bonds affect the shape of fatty acids?
All single bonds between the carbons produce a saturated fatty acid with a straight chain. Double bonds produce an unsaturated fatty acid with a bend in it. Unsaturated fatty acid in cell membranes do not pack so closely and the membrane is more fluid.
Is sulfuric acid an inorganic compound?
YES!!! REason ; It does NOT contain any carbon. Sometimes it can be referred to as a minedral acid. Other inorganic acids are Hydrochloric acid Nitric Acid Phophoric Acid . This list is NOT exhaustive. There are many more mineral acids. However, There are the carboxylic acids, archaically (fatty acids). These are organic because they contain carbon. Methanoic (formic) acid (HCOOH) Ethanoic (Acetic) acid (CH3COOH) Ethane-di-oic (Oxalic) acid (HOOC-COOH) Pentanoic (Valeric) acid (CH3CH2CH2CH2COOH) Again the list is not exhaustive . There are many more carboxylic acids.
How many water molecules will form in process of dehydration synthesis?
depends on the synthesis. Glycerine and three moles of fatty acid would produce 3 molecules of water. Acetic acid and ethanol would produce 1 molecule etc.
How many carbon atoms are in carbonic acid?
It depends on the fatty acid how many carbons there are. The number can range from 4 to 28.
How many double bonds do saturated fatty acids have?
There may be one double bond or many, up to six in important fatty acids.
Term describing a fatty acid with 2 or more double bonds between carbon?
The term Lipid is used to describe a fatty acid with 2 or more double bonds between carbon. Oils are a necessary nutrient for health but many people over indulge in them.
How many hydrogen atoms in unsaturated fatty acids?
Yes, the definition of a saturated fatty acid is that it has the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible based upon the carbon backbone.
How many acetyl CoA molecules may be obtained from oxidation of a 16-carbon fatty acid?
A fatty acid that contains 20 carbons will yield 10 molecules of acetyl-CoA. Acetyl-CoA is also referred to as acetyl coenzyme A.
Where does lipid synthesis occurs in an animal cell?
Fatty acids synthesis starts with acetyl-CoA and builds up by the addition of two carbon units. The synthesis occurs in the cytoplasm in contrast to the degradation (oxidation), which occurs in the mitochondria. Many of the enzymes for the fatty acid synthesis are organized into a multienzyme complex called fatty acid synthetase. The major sites of fatty acid synthesis are adipose tissue and the liver
How many fatty acid chains do saturated fats have?
when fat releases energy is it in a unsaturated fatty acid chain
Do saturated fatty acids have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms?
It depends on the length of the fatty acid chain. A fatty acid that has the maximum number of hydrogen atoms is saturated. The maximum number of hydrogen atoms will occur when the carbon atoms are all single-bonded to one another (no double bonds).
How many carbon atoms do all fatty acids have?
They usually contain an even number of carbon atoms.
What does the fluidity of lipid membrane depends on?
The structures of the fatty acid tails. They can either be "saturated" or "unsaturated," which refers to hydrogens. If a fatty acid tail is saturated, then the carbon skeleton is bonded to as many hydrogens as possible. These are single C--H bonds so one carbon pairs with two hydrogens. An unsaturated fatty acid carbon may be double bonded to one hydrogen only. The double bonding causes "kinks" in the tails, causing them to be sort of "jumbled". Because the tails don't line up in unsaturated lipids, the freezing point is effectively lowered. Aquatic organisms in the Northern hemisphere have a higher concentration of unsaturated fatty acid chains in their lipid bilayer to preserve it's fluidity during the winter months.Another factor is cholesterol: a lipid (steroid) that lies between the fatty acid tails. This too affects the fluidity of the membrane.
How many fatty acid molecules are needed to form a fat molecules?
3 fatty acids!
Do lipids have simple sugar sub units?
Remember there are many different kinds of lipids (fatty acids, soaps, waxes, phospholipids, etc) but as far as the dietary fatty acids, the answer is No. Triglycerides (dietary fat) are composed of 3 fatty acid chains bound to glycerol. Fatty acids are carbon chains and glycerol is 3 carbons each with an OH alcohol. An ester bond attaches each fatty acid to glycerol. As far as energy metabolism, it can be seen that carbon and oxygen are the main substituents of energy. Even "simple sugar sub-units" are carbon rings, and during glycolysis these carbon rings are opened and broken apart to be used in the TCA cycle and other ways for energy production.
