BIOL 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Unsaturated Hydrocarbon, Alkane, Lipid Bilayer

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Chapter 6: lipids, membranes, and the first cells. Lipid: carbon-containing compounds that are found in organisms and are largely nonpolar and hydrophobic. Molecules that contain only carbon and hydrogen are known as hydrocarbons. Since these bonds from no partial charges, hydrocarbons are hydrophobic. Thus lipids do not dissolve in water, because they have a significant hydrocarbon component. Fatty acid: a simple lipid consisting of a hydrocarbon chain bonded to a carboxyl (-cooh) functional group. Saturated: hydrocarbon chains consisting of only single bonds between the carbons. Unsaturated: one or more double bonds exist in the hydrocarbon chains. Fats: nonpolar molecules composed of three fatty acids that are linked to a three-carbon molecule glycerol. Steroids are a family of lipids distinguished by the bulky, four-ring structure. Phospholipids: consist of a glycerol that is linked to a phosphate group and two hydrocarbon chains. The phosphate group is also bonded to a small organic molecule that is charged or polar.

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