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What is the difference between phospholipids and sphingolipids?
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∙ 11y ago
Lipids are a group of fatty substances found in all living organisms. Lipids do not dissolve in water but are soluble in alcohol, ether, or other organic solvents.
Phospholipids are important because they DO HAVE water soluble glycerol heads enabling many of them to form a poly-molecular structure that we call a membrane, which limit the passage of water and water-soluble compounds through a cell membrane, enabling the cell to keep its contents separate from the outside environment.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agophospholipids are major membrane lipids. it has glycerol as a backbone.
phosphate group is present while on the other hand sphingolipids is the second mojor membrane lipids. it has ceramide backbone.it may or may not present phosphate group
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∙ 12y agoOne of the 3 fatty molecules in a lipid is replaced by a molecule that contains a phosphate group making it a phospholipid.
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∙ 11y agoThey are the same structures. A glycerol attached to two fatty acids and a phosphate group.
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A form of diffusion in which the molecules pass through a protein instead of between the phospholipids is called?
Glucose molecules are molecules that pass through a protein instead of between the phospholipids. This is because they are to big to diffuse through phospholipids.
The basic unit of the cell membrane is the?
Phospholipids.
What are the major lipids in biological membranes?
Phospholipids
What does phospholipids mean?
phospholipids
Which of the following types of molecules are the major structural components of cell membranes?
Phospholipids and proteins. Source; Biology Eighth Edition
What are some examples of complex lipids?
phospholipids, glycero phosphilipids, and sphingophospholipids
3 classes of lipids?
sterols, glycerides, and sphingolipids
A form of diffusion in which the molecules pass through a protein instead of between the phospholipids is called?
Glucose molecules are molecules that pass through a protein instead of between the phospholipids. This is because they are to big to diffuse through phospholipids.
What is a lipid with a water attracting and water repelling part of its molecule?
Any phospholipid has a hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail. These are the lipids that are most common in cell membranes, which require this amphipathic property to function. Other lipids, including many sphingolipids, are also amphipathic.
The basic unit of the cell membrane is the?
Phospholipids.
What are the major lipids in biological membranes?
Phospholipids
What does phospholipids mean?
phospholipids
What is the compound called a lipid?
The compound lipid is defined as containing two parts - neutral animal fats or plant oils connected to an acid head. Types: a. phospholipids (lecithin, cephalin, sphingolipids); b. glycolipids (cerebrosides, gangliosides, lipoproteins). Lipids contain C and H atoms in addition to the usual acid head - C, H, and =O.
What produces phospholipids?
Phospholipids are produced in cell membranes.
What form the majority of the plasma membrane of cells?
phospholipids
What do phospholipids form?
Phospholipids are the major component of cell membranes.
Is Hemoglobin a phospholipids?
hemoglobin is composed of long chanins called phospholipids
