BIOL 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cyclopentane, Triglyceride, Sebaceous Gland

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Recognize the properties that define lipids and describe the general structures of fats, phospholipids, and steroids. Lipids are a group of organic molecules that share solubility properties. Only molecules of life that are not defined by their structure! Lipids are mostly c h (nonpolar) so they are hydrophobic but they are soluble in certain organic solvents that are nonpolar or weakly polar. Fats: (triglyceride) lipids composed of glycerol bonded to 3 fatty acids. They bond through dehydration reactions: it takes 3 water molecules to form a triglyceride and 3 to break it down. Phospholipids: lipids composed of glycerol bonded to 2 fatty acids and a phosphate group (negatively charged) plus a polar or charged group. Head region (polar/charged group + phosphate + glycerol) is hydrophilic and tail region (fatty acids) is hydrophobic. Steroids: lipids composed of 4 carbon rings bonded to groups that vary by steroid (all pics on ppt have 3 cyclohexanes and 1 cyclopentane)

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