Lipid Biosynthesis - Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry | Biology+

Course

Biotechnology

Study Pack

Set 1: The Foundations of Biochemistry

Set 3: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Set 4: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins

Set 5: Protein Function

Set 7: Carbohydrates and Glycobiology

Set 8: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Set 9: DNA-Based Information Technologies

Set 11: Biological Membranes and Transport

Set 12: Biosignaling

Set 13: Bioenergetics and Biochemical Reaction Types

Set 14: Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Set 15: Principles of Metabolic Regulation

Set 16: The Citric Acid Cycle

Set 17: Fatty Acid Catabolism

Set 18: Amino Acid Oxidation and the Production of Urea

Set 19: Oxidative Phosphorylation and Photophosphorylation

Set 20: Carbohydrate Biosynthesis in Plants and Bacteria

Set 21: Lipid Biosynthesis

Set 23: Hormonal Regulation and Integration of Mammalian Metabolism

Set 24: Genes and Chromosomes

Set 25: DNA Metabolism

Set 26: RNA Metabolism

Set 27: Protein Metabolism

Set 28: Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 21 Lipid Biosynthesis

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Set 21 Lipid Biosynthesis

(Multiple Choice)

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The synthesis of both glycerophospholipids and triacylglycerols involves:

A) CDP-choline.
B) CDP-diacylglycerol.
C) phosphatidate phosphatase.
D) phosphatidic acid.
E) phosphoethanolamine.

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(Multiple Choice)

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In the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine from phosphatidylethanolamine, the methyl group donor is:

A) a tetrahydrofolate derivative.
B) choline.
C) methanol.
D) S-adenosylmethionine (adoMet).
E) serine.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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If malonyl-CoA is synthesized from ¹⁴CO₂ and unlabeled acetyl-CoA, and the labeled malonate is then used for fatty acid synthesis, the final product (fatty acid) will have radioactive carbon in:

A) every C.
B) every even-numbered C-atom.
C) every odd-numbered C-atom.
D) no part of the molecule.
E) only the omega-carbon atom (farthest carbon from C-1).

Answer