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What is the difference between peripheral and integral proteins?
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∙ 14y ago
Peripheral proteins are under the phospholipid bilayer, while integral proteins are inscribed in the bilayer.
Integral proteins pass entirely through the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane and have domains that go from the outside of the cell to the cytoplasm inside the cell. While peripheral proteins are only on the one side of the lipid bilayer, either the outside of the cell or the cytoplasmic side inside the cell, but not both.
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∙ 9y agoPeripheral proteins are attached outside the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane and are easily detached. Integral proteins are attached inside the lipid bilayer and cannot easily be removed.
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∙ 13y agoIntegral membrane protein is inside the lipid bilayer. Whereas peripheral protein is attached to the integral protein or attached to the hydrophilic heads of the bilayer.
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∙ 9y agoPeripheral provides the frame work for the plasma membrane and is attached to integral protein. Integral goes through the membrane with two hydrophilic ends.
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