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Why do membranes consist of lipid bilayers rather than lipid monolayers?
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What is the double layered sheet that makes up nearly all cell membranes?
The cell membrane is a complicated structure layered rather like a sandwich. The two pieces of bread are the lipid bilayers (bilayers as in the two pieces), the meats and cheeses is the hydrophobic region, and proteins are like the toothpick that is sticking out of the sandwich (there are multiple) and there are various carbohydrate chains coming off of the proteins, like the plastic wrapper on the top of the toothpick.
Do animals have a cell wall or no cell wall?
Animal cells have cell membranes (which plants have too) rather than cell walls. Only plant cells have cell walls.
What is the Presence of cholesterol molecules in plasma membranes for?
Cholesterol is found in every cell of your body. It is especially abundant in the membranes of these cells, where it helps maintain the integrity of these membranes, and plays a role in facilitating cell signaling-- meaning the ability of your cells to communicate with each other so you function as a human, rather than a pile of cells.
What is the basic macromolecule that all cell membranes are composed of?
Cell membranes are primarily composed of a phospholipid bilayer. Amongst these layers there are proteins embedded both on the inner and outer surfaces and through the layer often acting as channels for other substances.The outer surface of the membrane contains carbohydrate chains attached to surface proteins.The phospholipid bilayer also contains cholesterol.All cell membranes are composed of:PhospholipidsProteinsCarbohydratesCholesterol
What is the smallest unit of a polymer called?
The basic building block for a polymer is a monomer which are rather smaller than the resultant polymer.
What is the structural model of the plasma membrane called?
The plasma membrane is the most thoroughly studied of all cell membranes, and it is largely through investigations of the plasma membrane that our current concepts of membrane structure have evolved. Theplasma membranes of mammalian red blood cells (erythrocytes) have been particularly useful as a model for studies of membrane structure. Mammalian red blood cells do not contain nuclei or internal membranes, so they represent a source from which pure plasma membranes can be easily isolated for biochemical analysis. Indeed, studies of the red blood cell plasma membrane provided the first evidence that biological membranes consist of lipid bilayers. In 1925, two Dutch scientists (E. Gorter and R. Grendel) extracted the membrane lipidsfrom a known number of red blood cells, corresponding to a known surface area of plasma membrane. They then determined the surface area occupied by a monolayer of the extracted lipid spread out at an air-water interface. The surface area of the lipid monolayer turned out to be twice that occupied by the erythrocyteplasma membranes, leading to the conclusion that the membranes consisted of lipid bilayers rather than monolayers
What is the double layered sheet that makes up nearly all cell membranes?
The cell membrane is a complicated structure layered rather like a sandwich. The two pieces of bread are the lipid bilayers (bilayers as in the two pieces), the meats and cheeses is the hydrophobic region, and proteins are like the toothpick that is sticking out of the sandwich (there are multiple) and there are various carbohydrate chains coming off of the proteins, like the plastic wrapper on the top of the toothpick.
What is the membrane called in the grana?
The thylakoid (granum) lipid bilayer shares characteristic features with prokaryotic membranes and the inner chloroplast membrane. Thylakoid membranes are richer in galactolipids rather than phospholipids.
What state of matter usually consist of molecules rather than atoms?
All classic states of matter can be formed from molecules.
31.Hydrophobic interactions of the tails of phospholipids can produce?
lipid bilayer ------ Actually, this is not necessarily true. What 'clusters' form is going to depend on not only the concentration of the lipids in solution, but what the composition of the solution is as well. Generally, lipids in a water-solution (or a salt solution, or buffer, or whatever it may be) will first form micelles, ie. lipid monolayers where the tails all face inwards, to prevent their hydrophobic tails from being exposed to the aqueous environment. Depending on the conditions of the solution, they may form liposomes (ie. micelles that have a double layer rather than a monolayer), or sheets of phospholipid bilayers. The ends of the latter option, however, are energetically unfavorable. If your lipids are in an oil solution, then you are going to see the formation of inverse-micelles, where the tails face out towards the lipophilic (hydrophobic) environment, and the hydrophilic head groups are going to face inwards. ------
What is An other word for the Rupturing of the amniotic sac?
I would think that "water breaking" would fall into that category. Often in medicine it is referred to as 'Rupture of membranes' or ROM. If it is done by the doctor or midwife rather than Spontaneously (SROM), it is called artificial rupture of membranes or AROM.
Do animals have a cell wall or no cell wall?
Animal cells have cell membranes (which plants have too) rather than cell walls. Only plant cells have cell walls.
What is M theory?
It is a rather complicated subject. To put it simply, it is an extension of string theory, where higher dimensional "membranes" exist, and the collision of two membranes was possibly the cause of our own Universe. We supposedly live in a three-dimensional "brane". According to string theory there are ten spatial dimensions plus time.
What is the Presence of cholesterol molecules in plasma membranes for?
Cholesterol is found in every cell of your body. It is especially abundant in the membranes of these cells, where it helps maintain the integrity of these membranes, and plays a role in facilitating cell signaling-- meaning the ability of your cells to communicate with each other so you function as a human, rather than a pile of cells.
Does Be exist as molecules?
No. Beryllium is a metal. Metals consist of a mass of individual atoms held together by metallic bonding rather than colvalent bonding as molecules are.
What are in Proton rays?
Proton rays consist of protons, a type of positively charged atomic particle, rather than photons, which have neither mass nor charge
What is the basic macromolecule that all cell membranes are composed of?
Cell membranes are primarily composed of a phospholipid bilayer. Amongst these layers there are proteins embedded both on the inner and outer surfaces and through the layer often acting as channels for other substances.The outer surface of the membrane contains carbohydrate chains attached to surface proteins.The phospholipid bilayer also contains cholesterol.All cell membranes are composed of:PhospholipidsProteinsCarbohydratesCholesterol
