Phospholipid bilayer Flashcards
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What are proteins and phospholipid bilayer and where can they be and what do they do?
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The membrane spanning so they’re all around the membrane. Their job is to help transport molecules in or out of the cell.
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What are carbohydrates used for in a phospholipid bilayer?
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Can be on the phospholipid head or protein and can be used for cell communication/recognition
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What is hydrophobic and what part in the lipid bilayer is hydrophobic?
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Hydrophobic is the fear of water and the part that is hydrophobic is the phospholipid.
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What’s the cholesterols job to do a phospholipid bilayer ?
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Crossroads job with the space of phospholipids to maintain fluidity
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What is the phospholipid bilayer made out of?
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A phospholipid head and two fatty acid tails
