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Thymine and Cytosine are ______ (purines/pyrimadines)
Pyrimadines
Adenine and Guanine are _____ (purines/pyrimadines)
Purines
3 parts of a nucleotide
1. A Nitrogenous Base
2. A Pentose Sugar
3. Phosphoric Acid
______ (hormone) stimulates the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Steroids are synthesized in _____ (cellular compartment)
Mitochondria
Cholesterol is synthesized in _______ (cellular compartment)
cytosol
Oligosaccharide attached to C-1 carbon of the ceramide turns the sphingolipid into...
Ganglioside
Single monosaccharide attached to C-1 carbon of the ceramide turns the sphingolipid into...
Cerebroside
Sphingosine backbone with fatty acid attached to C-2 carbon via amide linkage.
Ceramide - structural residue common to all sphingolipids
Bond connecting 2 monosaccharides in a disaccharide.
O-glycosidic
Most naturally occurring amino acids are in the (L or D) form
L
Most naturally occurring sugars are in the (L or D) form
D
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