BIO 4307 Lecture 14: Cellular Membranes

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Chapter 12: characteristics of cellular membranes, cellular membranes are fluid mosaics of lipids, proteins, carbohydrates. Examples of cellular membranes include the plasma membrane, mitochondrial and chloroplast membranes, nuclear membrane, and the endomembrane system. Cellular membranes are composed of a lipid bilayer. It is a sheet-like, non-covalent association of amphipathic phospholipids (be able to recognize this type of lipid: self-assembled, the amphipathic nature of these molecules drives the membrane formation. It also has a charge different on either side. Also, the extracellular environment is not the same as the intracellular environment (typically due to membrane proteins) the membrane is also said to be polarized due to the head groups on the extracellular surface of the membrane bilayer. The lipid bilayer has embedded proteins (more below: protein component mediates majority of function, cellular membranes are dynamic fluid mosaics. It can also form complexes to make lipid rafts: chain length and saturation effect the fluidity of the membrane.

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