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Fatty acids |
building blocks for most complex lipids. Act as fuel for the body. Long chains of carbons with a carboxylic acid at one end. Fatty acids have the most energy per unit weight. |
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Amphipathic |
Has polar and nonpolar end. Like a phospholipid.
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Sphingolipid |
they have a long chain fatty acid and a polar phosphate head group. but instead of a glycerol backbone, they have an amino alcohol called a sphingosine. PART OF CELL MEMBRANE |
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waxes |
lipid made of an ester linkage between a long chain alcohol and a long chain fatty acid. Water repellent |
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prostaglandins |
type of eicosanoid. Asprin inhibits prostaglandins. Thromboxane is a prostaglandin that acts as a vasoconstrictor. |
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directionality |
DNA is written 5 to 3. |
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Nonpolar amino acids |
Gavli Mpfw Glycine, alanine, valine,leucine, isoleucine, methionine, proline, phenylalanine, tryptophan. |
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Acidic amino acids |
Aspartic acid, glutamic acid. Both have COOH and amino goup.
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Basic amino acids. |
Histadine, lysine, arginine. they have amine groups and no oxygen in side chain. |
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Secondary structure |
alpha helices and beta pleated sheets. Hydrogen bonding is the major interaction. |
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tertiary structure |
3d shape of protein. curls and fold in chain. |
