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The end of the fatty acid that does not attach to glycerol has what functional group?
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∙ 6y agoThe carboxyl group -COOH attaches to glycerol. The other end is a hydrocarbon chain.
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What are subunits that make up fat?
Two subunits that make up a fat molecule are glycerol and fatty acids. Glycerol is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and fatty acids consist of hydrogen atoms, chains of carbon, and a carboxylic acid group.
How are fat molecules formed?
Fat molecules are made up of a molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acids. The fatty acids each consist of a hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end, while the glycerol molecule has three hydroxyl groups that interact with each carboxyl.
The functional group ALWAYS found in the following pair of monomeric organic molecules fatty acids and amino acids?
Carboxyl group
What is a glycerol molecule with two fatty acids attached to it?
Glycerol is another name of Glycerin, (1,2,3-propatriol).
Is fatty acids a lipid?
Most lipids are composed of some sort of fatty acid arrangement. The fatty acids are Fatty acids are composed of a chain of methylene groups with a Carboxyl functional group at one end.
What type of functional group results when the alcohol group on glycerol reacts with the carboxylic acid group on a fatty acid?
ester
What functional group found in amino acids is absent from monosaccharides polysaccharides fatty acids and glycerol?
-NH2
What is the Functional group found in phospholipids and all nucleotides?
2 fatty acids, glycerol, and a phosphate group
What is the functional group present in triglyceride molecule?
The actual triglyceride doesn't have any functional groups. They have all been used during the making of the triglyceride. There used to be 3 hydroxyl functional groups on the glycerol backbone, and 3 carboxylic acid functional groups (1 each on the three fatty acids). However, after the fatty acids react (become esterified) with the alcoholic groups on glycerol, there are no more functional groups in the triglyceride.
What are the component of phospholipid?
Fatty acids , Glycerol , phosphoric acid and nitrogenous base are components of phospholipid.
Do fatty acids and glycerol both contain an amino group?
No - neither of them do.
What two parts make up a lipid?
a glycerol and 3 fatty acids for a generic fat. a phosphate group, glycerol and two fatty acid chains for a phospholipid...
What are the parts of a phospholipid molecule?
two layers of phospholipids called the lipid bilayer
Do glycerol and fatty acids have an amino group?
no amino acid is not a fatty acid this is because of the following reasons 1- due to the difference of functional group i.e Amino acid has two functional groups one is amino group (-NH2) and other is carboxylic group (-COOH) while in fatty acid (-RCOOH) only carboxylic group are present. 2-Amino acid is the sub-unit of protein while Fatty acid is the sub-unit of lipids(FATS).
What kind of lipid breaks down into glycerol and phosphate?
Phospholipid breaks down into Glycerol, phosphate group and 2 fatty acids
What is the basic structure of a triglyceride?
gycerol bound to 3 fatty acid is triglyceride..gylcerol a 3 carbon skeleton with a hydroxyl group attached to each carbon, Fatty acid= a caboxyl group attached to a long carbon skeleton the function triglyceride is to store energy in form of fatty acids, most efficient and compact way of storing energy
What is a molecule that has a glycerol backbone two fatty acid chains and phosphate containing compound?
Fatty acids and glycerol may combine to form monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides (normal fats and oils). Addition of a phosphate group to a diglyceride will give a membrane lipid (phospholipid).
