Q. 15.46
Question
Identify the following features of this phospholipid, which is needed for the brain and nerve tissues:
a. Is the phospholipid formed from glycerol or sphingosine?
b. What is the fatty acid?
c. What type of bond connects the fatty acid?
d. What is the amino alcohol?
Step-by-Step Solution
Verified(part a) Glycerol is a tricarboxylic acid which serves as the building block for many lipids. The fatty acids are connected to glycerol in the given structure.
(part b) The fatty acid is lauric acid. It has a carbon configuration of and is a saturated fatty acid.
(part c) The fatty acid is linked to the glycerol via an ester link. Triacylglycerol is formed by esterifying glycerol with three fatty acids to form a "triglyceride or triacylglycerol."
(part d) An ether amine is what an amino alcohol.
Phospholipids are polar lipids that are made up of two fatty acids, a lipids unit, and a phosphate group that is neutralized to an organic molecule like choline, ethanolamine, or inositol.
Determine the properties of this phospholipid, which is essential for brain and nerve tissue.
Determine whether glycerol or sphingosine forms which phospholipid.
Glycerol is a tricarboxylic acid which serves as the building block for many lipids. The fatty acids are connected to glycerol in the given structure.
Determine the properties of this phospholipid, which is essential for brain and nerve tissue.
Evaluate the fatty acid.
The fatty acid is lauric acid. It has a carbon configuration of and is a saturated fatty acid.
Determine the properties of this phospholipid, which is essential for brain and nerve tissue.
Determine the type of bond that connects the fatty acid.
The fatty acid is linked to the glycerol via an ester link. Triacylglycerol is formed by esterifying glycerol with three fatty acids to form a "triglyceride or triacylglycerol."
Determine the properties of this phospholipid, which is essential for brain and nerve tissue.
Describe amino alcohol.
An ether amine is what an amino alcohol.