Course Content - Unit Materials

Unit 12 - Lipids and Membranes

Objectives:

Be able to classify fatty acids as saturated and unsatured based on their structure and be able to predict their relative physical properties based on structure.
Be able to draw the structure of a triacylglyceride if given its component fatty acids.
Be able to predict the products of hydrogenation and hydrolysis of triacylglycerides
Be able to describe how fats are digested and absorbed by the body.
Be able to write the reations involved in the β-oxidation of a fatty acid and predict the number of ATP molecules that can be produced from ADP and Pi from the complete oxidation of a fatty acid.
Be able to draw the structure of a glycerophospholipid and be able to desccribe the structures that form when these molecules are mixed with water.
Be able to describe the roles that proteins play in biological membranes.
Be able to describe ATP production is coupled in the mitochondria to the reoxidation of the reduced nucleotides NADH + H⁺ and FADH₂, which are produced in the complete oxidation of carbohydrates and fats.

Readings

Class Overheads, Fall 2015

25.-30. November, 2015

Homework

Chem 150 - Fall 2015