Question
One type of sphingolipid, called sphingomyelin, has a ____.
Answer
One type of sphingolipid, called sphingomyelin, has a phosphate group attached to the sphingosine backbone and is thus a phospholipid.
Note: It is not a phosphoglyceride, since no glycerol backbone is present.
Keep this card coming back until it sticks
Sign up free and spaced repetition will bring 1EK: Biomolecules & Genetics cards back right before you forget them.
Continue studying — sign up freeMore cards in 1EK: Biomolecules & Genetics
The ____ of water is what makes it a perfect solvent for chemical reactions in the body.
Polar molecules or ionic compounds are readily solvated by ____.
Water is a small polar molecule that can participate in ____ bonding.
The ability of water molecules to form hydrogen bonds with each other elevates the ____.
Due to ____, water molecules pull apart polar molecules or ions and form ordered networks around them.
Due to polarity and hydrogen bonding, water molecules p____