Hydrophilic or water-loving. The head of a phospholipid is attracted to water.Hope this helps!
The cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer, consisting of two layers of phospholipid molecules. Each phospholipid molecule has a hydrophilic (water-attracting) head and hydrophobic (water-repelling) tails, creating a barrier that controls the movement of molecules in and out of the cell.
The Phospholipid Bilayer is made up of phospholipids. These phospholipids have a hydrophillic head, and a hydrophobic tail. They are structured so that the hydrophillic head interacts with water, and the hydrophobic tails stays away from water, but mixes with fat. This makes the phospholipids form the phospholipid bilayer. The Phospholipid Bilayer has intrinsic proteins and extrinsic proteins attached, which may have glycoproteins attached to them. Glycolipids may also be attached to the hydrophillic heads of the phospholipid. Cholestrol is also part of the phospholipid bilayer, which adds strengh to the structure.
A phospholipid is not a polymer.
Fatty acids , Glycerol , phosphoric acid and nitrogenous base are components of phospholipid.
No, they are quite fluid jostling past one another.
No it is in fact not a phospholipid just a lipid. A phospholipid needs a phosphate group and cholesterols molecular formula is C-27 H-46 O and with no Phosphate it can not be a phospholipid.
A phospholipid bi-layer.
The head and tail is a phospholipid molecule
The phospholipid composition of lecithin can be determined using techniques such as thin-layer chromatography (TLC) or liquid chromatography (HPLC). These techniques separate and quantify the different phospholipid species present in the lecithin sample. Mass spectrometry can also be used to identify and quantify individual phospholipid molecules within the sample.
This is called the hydrophobic 'side' of the phospholipid molecule
No... It is a lipid because it is a hormone and hormones are lipids, but it is not a phospholipid.
This is called the hydrophobic 'side' of the phospholipid molecule
This is called the hydrophobic 'side' of the phospholipid molecule
This is called the hydrophobic 'side' of the phospholipid molecule
Yes, that is why one of the membrane's names is, 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...