CHM1022 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lipid Bilayer, Unsaturated Hydrocarbon, Cell Membrane

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The plasma membrane controls traffic into and out of the cell it surrounds. The plasma membrane is selectively permeable, thus it allows some substances to cross it more easily than others. Cellular membranes are fluid mosaics of lipids and proteins. A phospholipid has a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic region. Most of the proteins within membranes have both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions. The fluid mosaic model, the membrane is a fluid structure with a mosaic" of various proteins embedded in or attached to a double layer of phospholipids. A membrane is held together by hydrophobic interactions, which are much weaker than covalent bonds. A membrane remains fluid as temperature decreases until the phospholipids settle into a closely packed arrangement and the membrane solidifies. The membrane remains fluid to a lower temperature if it is rich in phospholipids with unsaturated hydrocarbon tails.

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