Lipids

A.) Fatty acids

 Be able to draw structures and know short hand notation and names of lauric, myristic,
palmitic, stearic and arachidic acids.
 Be able to draw structures and know short hand notation and names of palmitoleic,oleic,
linoleic, -linolenic, -linolenic, arachidonic acids, Eicosanpentaenoic acid &
Docosahexaenoic acid.
 Be able to correlate unsaturation with melting point, fluidity, ect.

B.) Waxes: What is a Wax?

C.) Triacylglycerols
 Know what their structures and functions, where they are stored. Know that are not
found in membranes and why.
 Be able to draw out a triacylglycerol.
 Be able to predict order of fluidity of triacylglycerols based on their component fatty
acids.

D.) Gycerolphospholipids or phospholipids for short.

 Know function.
 Know that the unsaturated fatty acids found in the C-2 position.
 Be able to draw the polar heads that are attached.
 Know how to draw these polar heads
o Phosphatidic acid
o Ethanoloamine
o Choline
o Serine
o Glycerol
o Diphosphatidyl glycerol
o Inositol
 Be able to draw the structures of Glycerophospholipids.
 Know phospholipases
o phospholipase A1, phospholipase A2, phospholipase C & phospholipase D
 Be able to predict order of fluidity of glycerophospholipids based on their component
fatty acids.
E.) Ether glycerophospholipids
o Ether linkage at C1 carbon
o Platelet activating factor
o Be to able draw Plasmologens
F.) Sphingolipids
o Built on sphingosine
o Know the function and be able to draw
• Ceramide
• Sphingomyelin
• Spingosine
 • Cerebroside
• Ganglioside
G.) Cholesterol
 Be able to draw cholesterol and know its function in membranes.
 Know the following terms:
 Micelle
 Critical micelle concentration
 Clathrate
 Liposome
 Transverse diffusion
 Lateral diffusion