Download Chapter 27. Biomolecules: Lipids

Chapter 27.
Biomolecules: Lipids
Based on McMurry’s Organic Chemistry, 6th
edition
©2003 Ronald Kluger
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
About Lipids
 Naturally materials that preferentially extract into
nonpolar organic solvents
 Includes fats, oils, waxes, some vitamins and
hormones, some components of membrane
 General types: esters (“saponifiable”) and those that
can’t be hydrolyzed
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27.1 Waxes, Fats, and Oils
 Waxes - contain esters formed from long-chain (C16-
C36) carboxylic acids and long-chain alcohols (C24C36)
 Triacontyl hexadecanoate is in beeswax
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Fats and Oils
 Animal fats and vegetable are triacylglycerols oil
 Triesters of glycerol with three long-chain carboxylic
acids
 Saponification of a fat or oil with (reaction with
aqueous NaOH) yields glycerol and three fatty acids
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Fatty Acids (from Fats and Oils)
 Straight-chain (C12 - C20) carboxylic acids
 Double bonds are cis-substituted but trans-fatty acid
also occur
 A fat or oil in nature occurs as a mixture of many
different triacylglycerols
 The most abundant saturated fatty acids are palmitic
(C16) and stearic (C18)
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Unsaturated and Polyunsaturated Fatty
Acids
 Oleic (C18 with one C=C) and linolenic (C18 with 3
C=C) are the most abundant unsaturated
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27.2 Soap
 A mixture of sodium or potassium salts of long-chain
fatty acids produced by alkaline hydrolysis
(saponification) of animal fat with alkali
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Cleansing Action of Soap
 The carboxylate end of the long-chain molecule is
ionic and therefore is preferentially dissolved in water
 The hydrocarbon tail is nonpolar and dissolves in
grease and oil
 Soaps enable grease to be dissolved into water
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Detergents
 “Hard” water contains Mg+2 and Ca+2 that form
insoluble salts with soaps
 Synthetic detergents are alkylbenzene sulfonates that
dissolve dirt like soaps but do not form scums with
Mg+2 and Ca+2 .
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27.3 Phospholipids
 Phospholipids are diesters of H3PO4, phosphoric acid
 Phosphoric acid can form monoesters, diesters and
triesters
 In general these are known as “phosphates”
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Phosphoglycerides
 Contain a glycerol backbone linked by ester bonds to
two fatty acids and phosphoric acid
 Fatty acid residues with C12–C20
 The phosphate group at C3 has an ester link to an
amino alcohol
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Phosphoglyceride Membranes
 Phosphoglycerides comprise the major lipid
component of cell membranes
 Nonpolar tails aggregate in the center of a bilayer
 Ionic head is exposed to solvent
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Sphingolipids
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The other major group of phospholipids
Sphingosine or a dihydroxyamine backbone
Constituents of plant and animal cell membranes
Abundant in brain and nerve tissue, as coating
around nerve fibers.
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27.4 Prostaglandins
 C20 lipids that contain a five-membered ring with two
long side chains
 Present in small amounts in all body tissues and
fluids
 Many physiological effects
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Prostaglandin Sources
 Biosynthesized from arachidonic acid (C20
unsaturated fatty acid)
 Catalyzed by cyclooxygenase (COX)
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27.5 Terpenoids
 Steam distillation of plant extracts produces
“essential oils”
 Chemically related to compounds in turpentine (from
pine sap) called terpenes and thus called terpenoids
 Mostly hydrocarbons (some oxygens) that do not
contain esters (stable to hydrolysis)
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Terpenoids Are Isoprenoids
 Terpenoid structures are derived from isoprene (2-
methyl-1,3-butadiene) units connected head-to-tail
(Isoprene Rule)
 The term “head-to-tail” means that dissimilar ends
are connected (you can choose which is a “head” and
which is a “tail”)
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Classification of Terpenoids
 Classified according to the number of di-isoprenoid
(C10) units they contain
 Monoterpenes have 10-carbons, sesquiterpenes
(sesqui = 1 1/2) have 15-carbons from three isoprene
units, and so on
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Some Important Terpenoids
 The triterpene lanosterol is the precursor of
steroid hormones
 The tetraterpene b-carotene is a source of
vitamin A
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27.6 Biosynthesis of Terpenoids
 Isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) forms higher
isoprenoids in reactions catalyzed by prenyl
transferase
 Monoterpenoids, diterpenoids, and tetraterpoids arise
from 1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate.
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Mevalonate Pathway to
Isopentenyl Diphosphate
 Begins with the conversion of acetate to acetyl CoA
followed by Claisen condensation to yield acetoacetyl
CoA
 Catalyzed by acetoacetyl-CoA acetyltransferase
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Aldol Condensation Produces
HMG-CoA
 Carbonyl condensation reaction of acetoacetyl CoA with acetyl
CoA
 Produces 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA (HMG-CoA)
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Reduction Forms Mevalonate
 HMG CoA is reduced to mevalonate
 Catalyzed by HMG CoA reductase utilizing NADPH
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Conversion of Mevalonate to IPP
 Pyrophosphorylation gives mevalonyl-PP
 Addition of phosphate from ATP followed by loss of
CO2 and phosphate
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Conversion of Isopentenyl
Diphosphate to Terpenoids
 For triterpenes and larger, head-to-head coupling of
farnesyl diphosphates gives squalene
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Mechanism of Isomerization
 Isomerization of IPP to DMAPP is catalyzed by IPP
isomerase through a carbocation pathway
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Coupling Mechanism
 Nucleophilic substitution reaction in which the double
bond of IPP behaves as a nucleophile in displacing
diphosphate ion leaving group (PPO)
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Conversions of Monoterpenoids
 Typically involves carbocation intermediates and
multistep reaction pathways catalyzed by a terpene
cyclase
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27.7 Steroids
 Steroids,are another class of nonsaponifiable lipid,
defined by structure
 Has four fused rings A, B, C, and D, beginning at the
lower left
 Carbon atoms are numbered beginning in the A ring
 The six-membered rings are in fixed chair
conformations
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Functions of Steroids
 In humans as hormones, steroids are chemical
messengers secreted by glands and carried through
the bloodstream to target tissues
 Also widely distributed as cholesterol
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Male Sex Hormones
 Testosterone and androsterone are the two most
important male sex hormones, or androgens
 Androstanedione is a precursor
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Female Sex Hormones
 Estrone and estradiol are the two most important
female sex hormones, or estrogens
 Progesterone is the most important progestin,
steroids that function in pregnancy
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Adrenocortical Hormones
 Adrenocortical steroids: secreted by the adrenal
glands near the upper end of each kidney
 Mineralocorticoids: control tissue swelling by
regulating cellular salt balance
 Glucocorticoids: regulation of glucose metabolism
and in the control of inflammation
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Synthetic Steroids
 Made in pharmaceutical laboratories as new drugs
 Includes oral contraceptives and anabolic agents
 Methandrostenolone is an anabolic steroid used for
tissue-building
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27.8 Stereochemistry of Steroids
 Two cyclohexane rings can be joined in either a cis or
a trans manner
 In cis-decalin, both groups at the ring-junction
positions are on the same side of the two rings
 In trans-decalin, the groups at the ring junctions are
on opposite sides
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A/B Junction in Steroids
 Steroids can have either a cis or a trans fusion of the
A and B ring
 (B–C and C–D) are usually trans
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27.9 Steroid Biosynthesis
 Enzyme-catalyzed addition of oxygen atom to
squalene
 Stereospecific formation of an oxirane from an alkene
R
R
O2
Enzyme
O
Squalene
2,3-Oxidosqualene
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Cyclization to Steroid
 Stork-Eschenmoser mechanism
 Enzyme-catalyzed
 See Figure 27.6
R
O
E-H
HO
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protosteryl cation
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