and discovered that we have enzymes that can alter the structure of dietary fatty acids as needed. These enzymes can add carbons, to increase the length of the fatty acid chain, or insert or ...

Both oleic acid and elaidic acid are 18-carbon fatty acids with a single double bond. However, oleic acid has a cis double bond (hydrogen atoms are on the same side of the bond), which causes a ...

This process, known as condensation or dehydration synthesis, results in the formation of a linear chain of amino acids. The sequence of amino acids in a protein, known as its primary structure ...