LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the monomer units of a lipid?
A
Fatty acid
B
Amino Acid
C
Nucleotide
D
Sugar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Glycerol and fatty acids are described as the monomers of lipids.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glycerol and fatty acids are the monomers of lipids. Lipids include waxes, oils and fats. Some are used for energy storage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lipids technically do not have monomer units. They are neither polymers nor macromolecules. Different lipids will have different structures. Triglycerides, for example, are made of one glycerol molecule and three fatty acid tails.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lipids-polymers called diglycerides, triglycerides; monomers are glycerol and fatty acids. Proteins-polymers are known as polypeptides; monomers are amino acids.

Detailed explanation-5: -For proteins, the monomer units are amino acids which come together to make polypeptides or proteins. For lipids, the monomer units are glycerol and fatty acids which come together to make triglycerides, though there contain other compounds and would not technically be considered to be polymers.

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