In this article we will discuss about the molecular structure of lipids. Lipids are another group of important biological molecules present in all cellular organisms and some viruses. Unlike the other groups of biological molecules, lipids are highly heterogenous in chemical structure. But all of them possess a common physical property which is that they are all non-polar compounds, insoluble [...]
In this article we will discuss about metabolism of fatty acids. Most of the naturally occurring neutral fats and oils are esters of glycerol and long-chain fatty acids, the most common among them being palmitic acid (C16-saturated fatty acid) and stearic acid (Cig-saturated fatty acid). The degradation of fats begin with hydrolytic cleavage of fatty acids by the enzymes, lipases. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the biosynthesis of murein. A characteristic polymer that forms the backbone of all eubacterial cell wall is peptidoglycan or murein. Murein essentially consists of parallelly running polysaccharide chains, the repeating unit of which is a disaccharide of N-acetyl-glucosamine (NAG) and N-acetyl muramic acid (NAM) having a tetra-peptide bonded to its lactyl group. The [...]