0
the tail ( carbon hydrogen only part) the COOH part that makes it an acid does engage in hydrogen bonding.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What inner part of the bilayer is composed of fatty acid?
phospholipid(hydrophobic tail)
What part of the fatty acid is hydrophilic?
A fatty acid consists of the polar acidic -COOH functional group and the non-polar alkyl CnH2n+1 chain, which in most cases, n=15-18. A triglyceride consists of distinct hydrophillic (glycerol) and hydrophobic (fatty acid) sections, but to answer your question, the fatty acid itself has a hydrophillic part which is the -COOH group.
Which part of phospholipd molecule is non polar and hydrophobic?
The fatty acid tails of the phospholipid is hydrophobic.
How do two ends of a fatty acid differ?
no, cosider the stracture of any fatty acid, for example propanoic acidCH3-CH2-COOH. The carboxyl group is hydrophilic in nature.but the other carbon end is hydrocarbon region and it is same for all fatty acids.The hydrocarbon region is hydrophobic in nature
Small nonpolar hydrophobic molecules such as fatty acids?
Small, nonpolarn hydrophobic molecules such as fatty acids easily pass through a membrane's lipid bilayer.
What inner part of the bilayer is composed of fatty acid?
phospholipid(hydrophobic tail)
What part of the fatty acid is hydrophilic?
A fatty acid consists of the polar acidic -COOH functional group and the non-polar alkyl CnH2n+1 chain, which in most cases, n=15-18. A triglyceride consists of distinct hydrophillic (glycerol) and hydrophobic (fatty acid) sections, but to answer your question, the fatty acid itself has a hydrophillic part which is the -COOH group.
The nonpolar end of a fatty acid is said to be?
Hydrophobic
Which end of a fatty acid would not dissolve in water?
Not the phosphate side. It's hydrophobic
The fatty acid in the tail of phospholipid molecule are?
This is called the hydrophobic 'side' of the phospholipid molecule
Do Hydrophobic molecules pass through the fatty-acid region of the plasma membrane easily?
no
Are both ends of a fatty acid polar?
no, because on end is hydrophobic while the other is hydrophillic
Which part of phospholipd molecule is non polar and hydrophobic?
The fatty acid tails of the phospholipid is hydrophobic.
On a phospholipid which part is hydrophobic?
The substance that forms the hydrophobic tail on the back end of a phospholipid are fatty acids. Phospholipids are not "true fats" as they have a phosphate group that replaces one of the fatty acids
Hydrophobic reactions of phospholipids may produce clusters of their fatty acid tails which form what?
lipid bilayer
What is the Function of a hydrophobic fatty acid tails?
A fatty acid has a hydrophobic tail this means that it does not like to come into contact with water, like when oil wont mix with water and satys separate as a layer or blobs under the surface.
How would a non polar molecule such as a fat or oil travel through the plasma membrane?
The inside of a membrane is "hydrophobic" because of the hydrophobic fatty acid tails of the phospholipids.
