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Where is cholesterol located?
Cholesterol is found in the blood, phospholipid bilayer of cell membranes and in the liver where is it produced. It is also found in hormones.
Phospholipid bilayer contain heart disesase causing molecule?
cholesterol
What is another name for the phospholipid bilayer?
It depends on which lipid bilayer you're talking about. There is the phospholipid bilayer that surrounds eukaryotic cells, cholesterol phospholipid bilayers, protein lipid bilayers, phase transition lipid bilayer, lipid bilayer membrane...
Is cell membrane dynamic and continously changing?
Yes, that is why they call it the fluid mosaic bilayer. All the integrin proteins and cholesterol are constantly moving position in the bilayer, except when they are anchored.
Is cholesterol important to your body?
Yes. One major importance of cholesterol is that it maintains the fluidity of cellular membranes by increasing the distance and lessening the electrostactic interactions between the fatty acid "legs" of the lipid bilayer. If there were none, then the membrane would be more gel-like and cellular metabolism would be less efficient.
What are cell parts made from?
Membranes of the organelles and of the cell itself are made mainly out of a lipid bilayer. There may be proteins and cholesterol inside the bilayer but its concentration depends on the organelle. The ribosomes are proteins.
What is the basic structure of the plasma membrane?
The framework of the cell membrane is formed by the lipid bilayer. The lipid bilayer is composed of two layers of fat cells organized in two sheets. This is what provides the barrier that makes the boundaries of the cell.
What are the 4 main parts of the plasma membrane?
4 major parts of a plasma membrane * proteins * lipid bilayer * carbohydrates * cholesterol
What is fatty substance found in all animal tissue?
cholesterol
Cholesterol is found in grains?
Low cholesterol is found in grains especially whole grains.
Explain what effect more cholesterol in the plasma membrane will have on the membrane?
the cholesterol will help to prevent the fatty-acid tails of the phospholipids bilayer from sticking together, which contributes to the fluidity of the plasma membrane.
Where are phospholipids primarily found in the body?
The main component of cell membranes are made up of phospholipids. In fact, another name for the cell membrane is the phospholipid bilayer.
