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Are a kind of lipid that consists of two fatty acids and phosphate group?
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A phospholipid consists of two fatty acids and a phosphate group bonded to a glycerol molecule.
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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).
What forms when two fatty acids combine with a phosphate group?
Two fatty acids and a phosphate group are found in a phospholipid.Strictly, there is glycerol in there as well.The lipids known as triglycerides are formed from glycerol and three fatty acids. You can think of most phospholipids as being triglycerides with one of the outer fatty acids replaced by a phosphate group. Usually, the phosphate group is part of a larger group.In one common phospholipid, sphingomyelin, there is serine instead of glycerol.The phospholipids are important components of all cell membranes, internal and external.
What molecules with two fatty acid chains and a phosphate group that form biological membranes?
A phospholipid has 2 fatty acid chains and a phosphate group.
A lipid made of a phosphate group and two fatty acids?
That could describe a surfactant which can allow water to dissolve into oil by forming reverse micelles with the water on the inside with the polar phosphate heads effectively dissolved in the water andthe fatty tails protruding outwards dissolving into the oil.Reverse micelles are able to hold relatively large amounts of water in their interior. In that way, a "pocket" is formed which is particularly suited for the dissolution and transportation of polar solutes through a non polar solvent.
How are the sugar phosphate backbones of a DNA molecule different?
Sugar phosphate backbones do not include the nucleic acids of the DNA. They are composed of a sugar and a phosphate group bonded to each other.
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).
Does fatty acid have a phosphate group?
Fatty acids contain C, H, O.
What are the parts of a phospholipid molecule?
two layers of phospholipids called the lipid bilayer
What forms when two fatty acids combine with a phosphate group?
Two fatty acids and a phosphate group are found in a phospholipid.Strictly, there is glycerol in there as well.The lipids known as triglycerides are formed from glycerol and three fatty acids. You can think of most phospholipids as being triglycerides with one of the outer fatty acids replaced by a phosphate group. Usually, the phosphate group is part of a larger group.In one common phospholipid, sphingomyelin, there is serine instead of glycerol.The phospholipids are important components of all cell membranes, internal and external.
What is a phospholipid composes of?
a head (phosphate group) and two tails (fatty acids)
Which part of a phospholipid molecule contains a phosphate group?
Phospholipid molecule is actually almost similar to a lipid molecule. It is a alcohol connected to 2 fatty acids and a phosphate group.(In lipids, its connected to 3 fatty acids)
What are the component of phospholipid?
Fatty acids , Glycerol , phosphoric acid and nitrogenous base are components of phospholipid.
What is the Functional group found in phospholipids and all nucleotides?
2 fatty acids, glycerol, and a phosphate group
What is comprised of a phosphate group linking a diglyceride to a nonlipid group and can be synthesized primarily from fatty acids in the body?
Phospholipids
What kind of lipid breaks down into glycerol and phosphate?
Phospholipid breaks down into Glycerol, phosphate group and 2 fatty acids
What is the Function of fatty acids?
Fatty acids are used to make lipids in a cell. They also attach to a phosphate group to form phospholipids, the phosphate head being hydrophilic and the two fatty acid tails being hydrophobic, that are used to form the lipid bilayer in the cell membrane.
What is the Difference between Phospholipids and triglecrol?
There is one major difference regarding the structure of a phospholipid, and a triglyceride. The triglyceride is made of a glyceride molecule. Three lipids, called fatty acids, are bound to this molecule. Phospholipids also contain glyceride and fatty acids. However, instead of three fatty acids, they only have two. The third bound molecule is a phosphate.
