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Carboxylic acid groups (− CO < sub > 2 </ sub > H ) can be deprotonated to become negative carboxylates (− CO < sub > 2 </ sub >< sup >−</ sup > ), and α-amino groups ( NH < sub > 2 </ sub >−) can be protonated to become positive α-ammonium groups (< sup >+</ sup > NH < sub > 3 </ sub >−).
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Carboxylic acids can be seen as reduced or alkylated forms of the Lewis acid carbon dioxide ; under some circumstances they can be decarboxylated to yield carbon dioxide.
*-OOCR, the functional group that identifies the Carboxylic acid anhydride family of organic compounds.
Carboxylic acid and alcohol end groups are thus concentrated in the amorphous region of the solid polymer, and so they can react.
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Carboxylic acids are typically weak acids, meaning that they only partially dissociate into H < sup >+</ sup > cations and RCOO < sup >–</ sup > anions in neutral aqueous solution.
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Carboxylic acids easily dissociate into a carboxylate anion and a positively charged hydrogen ion ( proton ), much more readily than alcohols do ( into an alkoxide ion and a proton ), because the carboxylate ion is stabilized by resonance.
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Amino acids (,, or ) are biologically important molecules made from amine (- NH < sub > 2 </ sub >) and carboxylic acid (- COOH ) functional groups, along with a side-chain specific to each amino acid.
Structurally they can be classified according to the functional groups ' locations as alpha-( α -), beta-( β -), gamma-( γ -) or delta-( δ -) amino acids ; other categories relate to polarity, acid / base / neutral, and side chain group type ( including: aliphatic, acyclic, hydroxyl or sulphur-containing, aromatic ).
Amino acids having both the amine and carboxylic acid groups attached to the first, or alpha, carbon atom have particular importance in biochemistry.
The amine and carboxylic acid functional groups found in amino acids allow them to have amphiprotic properties.
Polyester is created through ester linkages between monomers, which involve the functional groups carboxyl and hydroxyl ( an organic acid and an alcohol monomer ).
:* Covalent interactions between amino acid side-chains ( such as disulfide bridges between cysteine groups )
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Fatty acids, or fatty acid residues when they form part of a lipid, are a diverse group of molecules synthesized by chain-elongation of an acetyl-CoA primer with malonyl-CoA or methylmalonyl-CoA groups in a process called fatty acid synthesis.
Structure of the saccharolipid Kdo < sub > 2 </ sub >- Lipid A. Glucosamine residues in blue, 3-Deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid | Kdo residues in red, acyl chains in black and phosphate groups in green.
The enzymes of fatty acid biosynthesis are divided into two groups, in animals and fungi all these fatty acid synthase reactions are carried out by a single multifunctional protein, while in plant plastids and bacteria separate enzymes perform each step in the pathway.
Nucleic acids were named for their initial discovery within the nucleus, and for the presence of phosphate groups ( related to phosphoric acid ).
A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of adjacent amino acid residues.
* The ability to conjugate an amino acid to the 3 '- end of an RNA in order to use its chemical groups or provide a long-branched aliphatic side-chain.
The five membered ring also possesses a keto group ( in the 8 position ), flanked by two secondary amino groups ( in the 7 and 9 positions ), and deprotonation of one of these at high pH could explain the pK < sub > 2 </ sub > and behavior as a diprotic acid.
Butterfat is a mixture of triglyceride, a triester derived from glycerol and three of any of several fatty acid groups.
The proper activity of these enzymes is crucial for the process of moving amine groups from one amino acid to another.
In triglycerides, the hydroxyl groups of the glycerol join the carboxyl groups of the fatty acid to form ester bonds:
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