In: Chemistry
1.which subunit ensemble to build tryglyceride and phospholipids
2. what is plasma lipoprotein
1) Triglycerides are formed from the monomers of the three fatty acids bonded to glycerol. Triglycerides don't have true monomers, sinc their monomers are fatty acids and glycerol molecules in the ratio of three to one.
Phopsholipid is a polymer of lipid. Hence the monomer of the Phospholipid is a Lipid.It contains two major components - a glycerol attached to phosphate molecule and two fatty acid chain attched to glycerol.
2) A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly whose purpose is to transport hydrophobic lipid moecules in water, as in blood or ECF (extracellular fluid). They have a singe layer phospholipid and cholestrol outer shell, with the hydrophilic portions oriented inwards towards the surrounding water and lipophilic portions of each molecule. Apolipoproteins are embeded in the membrane, both stabilising the complex and giving it functional identity determining its fate.
Examples of the Lipoproteins: Plasma lipoprotien particles classified as high-density lipoprotein(HDL), low-densty lipoprotein (LDL), Intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL), which enables fats to be carried in all extracellular water including the blood stream (an example of emulsification)