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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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