Answer to Question #167131 in Biochemistry for EIZE

Question

Fatty acids are a component of fats but have a distinct chemical difference apart from fats that would allow them to travel fairly freely in the aqueous environment of the bloodstream. They don’t, however, and are transported with serum albumin. What about the chemistry of fatty acids makes it so that it might not be good to have a lot of them traveling freely in the bloodstream?

Answer 1

Fatty acids are saturated hence it might not be good to have a lot of them traveling freely in the bloodstream.