BIOCHEMISTRY LIPIDS ASSIGNMENT 1. Provide one or two word answers to the followi

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BIOCHEMISTRY LIPIDS ASSIGNMENT 1. Provide one or two word answers to the following statements: 5 marks a. Linkage joining the fatty acid tails of most glycerophospholipids to the glycerol backbone. b. Describes the behavior of the lipid tail of a membrane lipid. c. Describes fatty acids having one or more double bonds d. The arrangement of lipids in membranes e. Describes the behavior of the head group of a membrane lipid f. In animal cells, fatty acid synthesis is carried out in the g. Site of ß-oxidation of fatty acids, citric acid cycle and ETC is the Intermediate in the synthesis of fatty acids that inhibits carnitine acyltransferase I, thus regulating fatty acid oxidation. h. In the third step of ?-oxidation, electrons are transferred to NAD+. NADH then donates its electrons toin t j. Carrier compound required for the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane

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Ans.a- Ester linkage (made up of carbonyl functional group)

Ans.b- hydrophobic behavior.

Ans.c- Unsaturated fatty acid.

Ans.d- in bilayer arrangment.

Ans.e- hydrophilic behaviour.

Ans.f- cytosol of cell

Ans.g- Mitochondria

Ans.h- Malonyl CoA.

Ans.i- beta-ketoacyl CoA

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