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Biochemistry of the Cell

How Lipid Molecules Are Built

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Lipid molecules are built from hydrocarbon chains and a few key structural parts. Their shape helps explain why they behave differently from many other biological molecules. In high school biology, this structure is often linked to how lipids store energy and help form cell membranes.

Some lipids...

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Lipids are a group of hydrophobic molecules that include triglycerides, which are used to store energy, and phospholipids, which are the major structural components of cell membranes.

Triglycerides and most phospholipids consist of glycerol and fatty acid chains.

Fatty acids have methyl groups at one end of the chain and carboxyl g...

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