answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

All (mostly) membranes of the cell including those of organelles are made up of lipids, proteins and polysaccharides (like cholesterol). The lipids and proteins are called glycolipids and glycoproteins.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

A plasma membrane is made up of phospholipids with hydrophillic heads and hydrophobic tails. Proteins stud this membrane.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

In simply the plasma membrane is composed of lipids and protiens.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What makes up a plasma membrane?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

A double layer of these molecules makes up the plasma membrane?

A double layer of phospholipids makes up the plasma membrane.


What makes up most of the plasma membrane?

Phospholipid(:


What is a Double layer of molecules that makes up the plasma membrane?

Phospholipids.


Do the hydrophobic tails of plasma membrane promote osmosis?

No.Hydrophobic tails avoid water and line up in the center of the membrane and makes the plasma membrane impermeable to most water-soluble molecules.


Which macro-molecule makes up transporters carriers and enzymes in the plasma membrane?

K


What type of Phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane?

the one in plasma membrane


Which ions are permeable to phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane?

which ions are permeable to phospholipids that make up the plasma membrane


What moves marerials across the plasma membrane in the direction of the concentration?

Active transportation is the material that across plasma membrane. This makes it flow one way.


How does nutrients enter a cell?

The plasma membrane.


What makes up a selectively permeable membrane?

Plasma membrane filters what the cell needs and keeps out what will harm it. this property is called selective permeability.


Are glycolipids a constituent of plasma membrane?

Yes Glycoproteins are suited in the phospholipid bilayer which makes up the cell membrane. They also help stabilize the cell membrane as well as assist in cellular recognition.


Another name for plasma membrane?

A cell membrane is also known as a plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane. The cell membrane separates the interior of a cell from its outside environment. The main function of a cell membrane is to protect the cell from its surroundings.