Components of the membrane structure

Question 1

Cholesterol

Answer 1

Regulates fluid, increases flexibility, and its amphipathic

Question 2

Peripheral Protein

Answer 2

involved in transport and signaling (hydrophilic)

Question 3

Integral Protein

Answer 3

involved in transport (hydrophobic)

Question 4

Lipids

Answer 4

Hydrophobic contribute to shape and rigidity

Question 5

The two main ones are

Answer 5

proteins and phospholipids