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Steroids have ___________(a) Sterol nucleus with two alkyl chain attached to the ring D of cholesterol(b) Sterol nucleus with two CH3 between C and D ring and A and B ring of cholesterol(c) Sterol nucleus without CH3 between C ring and D ring of cholesterol(d) Sterol nucleus but lack the alkyl chain attached to the ring D of cholesterolI got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.Question is taken from Biosynthesis of Cholesterol, Steroids and Isoprenoids in section Lipid Biosynthesis, Biosynthesis of Amino Acids, Nucleotides and Related Molecules of Biochemistry

Answer» CORRECT choice is (d) Sterol NUCLEUS but lack the alkyl CHAIN attached to the RING D of cholesterol

The explanation is: Steroids have a sterol nucleus but lack the alkyl chain attached to the ring D of cholesterol.


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