What is meant by the terms peripheral membrane protein, integral membrane protein, and lipid-anchored protein? How is each type of protein attached to the cell membrane?
A) What is meant by the term âmembrane fluidity?â B) What factors influence this property of lipid bilayers?
C) How do these factors influence membrane fluidity?
Briefly describe the Fluid Mosaic Model of the cell membrane.
A) How do the proteins spectrin and ankyrin affect the lateral asymmetry of proteins in a cell membrane?
B) How do they affect the lateral asymmetry of phospholipids in the membrane?
11. Does membrane fluidity affect the function of integral membrane proteins?
What is meant by the term critical micelle concentration?