2007-06-15 17:19:36 · 4 answers · asked by Curious 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
no, fatty acids and phospholipids are part of the Lipid group ( fats) and they do not really do anything with protiens, stucturally. But they do contibute to cell walls constuction and energy storage.
2007-06-15 17:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by Manjinder N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dna, once transcribed to mRNA serves as the instructions for proteins, or at least sequences of amino acids. The ribosome assists in the production of proteins by providing a docking site for the mRNA. a type of transfer RNA(tRNA) has one end that is specific for an amino acid that it carries to the ribosome. on the other end, it has a site that is specific for a particular mRNA sequence(made up of 3 nucleotides mentioned earlier == codon). This tRNA's "anti-codon" does some base pairing with the sequence its specific for and then delivers the amino acid to the growing peptide chain. Now the ribosome in itself is a little more structured than this where the actually addition of the amino acids takes place, but i dont think you have to worry too much about it for now.
2016-05-17 05:30:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is seems that I remember fatty acids and lipids to be a class of organic compounds and that proteins are another (completely different). I think "No".
2007-06-15 17:29:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These molecules do not have structural proteins themselves. However, the membranes made of these molecules have proteins embedded in the membrane.
2007-06-15 17:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋