BIOL 120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Hydrophile, Integral Membrane Protein, Alkane

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Key concepts: the plasma membrane provides an important boundary between a cell and its surroundings, components in the plasma membrane are required for many cellular functions, with proteins playing many key roles. Amphipathic: contains a region that is hydrophobic and a region that is hydrophilic. Hydrophobic: nonpolar substances that are excluded by water and other polar molecules. Hydrophilic: polar molecules that associate readily with water. Micelle: a sphere composed of a single layer of lipid molecules. Fatty acid: one of two components of a neutral lipid, containing a single hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group linked at one end. Unsaturated hydrocarbon: hydrocarbons that have double or triple covalent bonds between adjacent carbon atoms. Saturated hydrocarbon: hydrocarbons that contain only single bonds between carbon atoms; carbon atoms saturated with hydrogen. Desaturase: enzyme used to alter the membrane fatty acids in response to the environment.

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