BIOB34H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anabolism, Hydrolysis, Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate

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Lecture 6 cell membranes and epithelia (pg. Each animal cell is enclosed in a cell membrane. The lipids of membranes are structured, diverse, fluid, and responsive to some environmental factors. Phospholipids are lipids that contain phosphate groups. Individual phospholipid molecules are not covalently bound to one another. They are able to move about freely by diffusion within each membrane leaflet: the ease of motion of the phospholipid molecules in a membrane leaflet is termed their fluidity. Depends on chemical saturation of hydrocarbons that make up the phospholipid tails. Hydrocarbon is saturated if it has no double bonds , unsaturated if it has double bonds (double bonds make the chains bend preventing the crystal-like packing of the tails). Besides phospholipids, cell membranes and intracellular membranes contain other classes of lipids, one of which is sterols. The principal membrane sterols are cholesterol and cholesterol esters. Cholesterol is mildly amphipathic and positioned within the phospholipid leaflets.

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