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What is the major difference between a fat (triacylglycerol) and a phospholipid (diacylglycerol)?(a) Glycerol conformation(b) Hydrogen bonding(c) Fatty acid chain(d) SolubilityI got this question in an online quiz.I'd like to ask this question from Chemical Basis of Life topic in section Chemical Basis of Life of Cell Biology |
Answer» RIGHT choice is (c) Fatty acid chain To elaborate: A phospholipid molecule RESEMBLES a fat molecule but differs in the sense that it contains only ONE less fatty acid chain (diacylglycerol) whereas FATS contain three fatty acid chains (triacylglycerol). |
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