BIOL130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lipid Bilayer, Semipermeable Membrane, Cell Membrane

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Respond to external signals (transduction) ; travel distance from nearby cells. Compartmentalization (eukaryotes); separate different environments for different activities. All cells = have plasma membrane = encloses contents of entire cell. Eukaryotic cells = membrane-bound organelles, nuclear-envelope, double membrane mitochondria & chloroplasts more: Fluid mosaic model: membrane is a mosaic; there are lipids and sugars planted. Under physiological conditions (hot) = less fluid. Cold + cholesterol = prevents packing = more fluid. Strategies to maintain: change composition, unsaturate fatty acids (deal with cold, change length of fatty acids (yeast/bacteria = more packed, adjust amounts of cholesterol (animals) Fluidity: how easily lipid molecules move within a membrane leaflet. Tight tails (long, single bonds) = less fluid. Freely moving (short, more double bonds) = higher fluid. Transition temperature: temperature at which membrane gels (dangerous) Temperature rise = move freely = fluid. Scramblases: transfer random phospholipids to other leaflet.

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