Biomolecules - Result Question 11
####11. Phospholipids are esters of glycerol with [2003]
(a) Three phosphate groups
(b) Three carboxylic acid residues
(c) Two carboxylic acid residues and one phosphate group
(d) One carboxylic acid residue and two phosphate groups
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Solution:
- (c) Phospholipids are derivatives of glycerol in which two of the hydroxyl groups are esterified with fatty acids while the third is esterified with some derivative of phosphoric acid with some alcohol such as choline, ethanolamine, serine or inositol.
[R]OP(=O)(O)OCC(COC([R])=O)OC([R])=O
