BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mitochondrion, Membrane Fluidity, Mitochondrial Matrix

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Dna from the environment: eukaryotic (cid:131) proteus, fungi, plants, animals (cid:131) structurally more complex (cid:131) have multiple forms of dna (chromatin -> chromosomes). Dna is enveloped in membrane (nucleus) (cid:131) undergo mitosis, which is the highly regulated production of daughter cells. Membranes possess receptors that combine with specific molecules (ligands) having a complementary structure: intercellular interaction (cid:131) the plasma membrane of multicellular organisms mediates the interactions between a cell and its neighbors. Because most membrane phospholipids are built a=on a glycerol backbone they are called phosphoglycerides. Membrane glycerides are diglycerides (only two of the hydroxyl groups of the glycerol are esterified to fatty acids, the third is esterified to a hydrophilic phosphate group. Membrane phosphoglycerides have an additional group linked to the phosphate, with the group and the phosphate a highly water-soluble head group is formed. Sphingolipids consist of sphingosine linked to a fatty acid by its amino group.

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