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Why do phospholipids orient in a bilayer when in a watery environment such as a cell?
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∙ 13y ago
The phospholipid molecules that make up the cell membrane naturally form a lipid bilayer. This is the most energetically-favorable conformation and is driven by the same forces that create micelles in a detergent solution.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe phosolipids both have polar heads and nonpolar tail regions. polar aligns with polar (water and orther polar molecules inside and outside the cell) Nonpolar aligns with nonpolar in the membrane interior.
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∙ 13y agoThe negativley charged phosphate head of the molecule is hyrophyllic (it is attracted to water). The tail is hyrophobic (repelled by water). In an effort to keep the phosphates in contact with water and the tails away, the molecules form a bi-lipid layer.
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∙ 12y agobecause they have both hydrophobic and hydrophilic ends.
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∙ 12y agoThe proteins all go together, forming the bilayer which makes the phospholipids line up.
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What does it mean when cells are bathed in aqueous environment?
Aqueous means water. Environment means surroundings. So aqueous environment simply means 'watery surroundings'. Cells are surrounded by a watery solution called tissue fluid or interstitial fluid. This forms from the blood and contains dissolved food and oxygen needed by the cells and wastes (eg carbon dioxide) produced by the cells.
What is the sugar from a watery sweet mixture?
Sugare from a watery sweet mixture is just sugar (dissolved in water).
What watery material contains many of the materials involved in cell metabolism?
Cytoplasm
Watery materials which contains many of the materials involved in cell metabolism?
the cytoplasm.
Watery material which contains many of the material involved in cell metabolism?
cytoplasm
Why do phospholipids orient in a bilayer when a watery environment such as a cell?
The negativley charged phosphate head of the molecule is hyrophyllic (it is attracted to water). The tail is hyrophobic (repelled by water). In an effort to keep the phosphates in contact with water and the tails away, the molecules form a bi-lipid layer.
Why do phospholipids orient in a bilayer when in a watery environment such a cell?
The negativley charged phosphate head of the molecule is hyrophyllic (it is attracted to water). The tail is hyrophobic (repelled by water). In an effort to keep the phosphates in contact with water and the tails away, the molecules form a bi-lipid layer.
What lipids forms a bilayer between watery region in the plasma membrane of a cell?
I believe you are referring to phospholipids. They form a bilayer around the plasma membrane of the cell to keep the cellular contents in and selectively allow things to come in and out of the cell.
Because cells have a watery environment bothinside and outside the polar ends of the phospholipids in the plasma membrane from layer?
Because cells have a watery environment both inside and outsidethe polar ends of the phospholipids in the plasma membrane form layers?
What is the name of the phospholipid bilayer that surrounds the cell?
Lipid bilayer is composed of two layers of fat cells organized in two sheets. It is typically about five nanometers thick and surrounds all cells providing the cell membrane structure.
What are components of the phospholipid bilayer and how are they organized to form the plasma membrane?
The bilayer is made up of lipid molecules, in which polar ends are facing outwards (towards cytoplasm in the bottom layer and extracellular environment in the upper layer) and non polar sides are facing each other (hydrophobic interaction). Intrinsic and extrinsic proteins are embedded or attached respectively.
Which parts of the phospholipid molecules that make up the plasma membrane face away from the watery environments?
The polar tails face away from the watery environment while the polar heads face the watery environment.
What separates prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells from the watery environment in which they exist?
what separates prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells from the watery environment in which they exists
If you're a fat molecule forming the inner layer of a cell membrane your head will face toward?
The watery environment inside the cell. The watery environment inside the cell.
Are integral proteins amphipathic?
yes it can as its outside edges stick out of the phospholipid bilayer exposing it to the watery environment (polar/hydrophilic) and part of the protein is inside the bilayer along with the phospholipid tails (hydrophobic/nonpolar).
What separates prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells from the watery environment?
Selective permeability
What is a watery environment in the cell that holds everything?
Cell MembraneCell Membrane
