What are the differences between lipids and phospholipids?
2015年11月16日 · phospholipids is one type of lipids The lipid is a big group of molecules containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Some of them are the fats and oils which have the …
How can fatty acids become phospholipids? + Example - Socratic
2014年10月14日 · A phospholipid is similar to a triglyceride, except that a phosphate group replaces one of the fatty acids, so that two fatty acids and one phosphate group bond with a …
How do the non-polar hydrophobic tails/polar hydrophilic heads …
2016年1月27日 · Cells exist in an aqueous environment. The hydrophilic heads of the phospholipids interact with this aqueous environment, since they are polar. The hydrophobic …
Does osmosis happen through the phospholipids or through
2016年2月17日 · Both! Osmosis is the diffusion of water into or out of cells depending on the concentration gradient. Water will flow from where the water is at a higher concentration to …
Why are lipids not considered polymers? + Example - Socratic
2015年11月8日 · Polymers are chains of smaller molecules that can interlink, while lipids have a starter molecule, like a fatty acid, and build long chains through a chemical reaction, like …
In the cell membrane/plasma membrane/phospholipid bilayer
2016年3月17日 · Integral proteins act as ion channels, ion pumps and structural support; the peripheral proteins act as cell identity markers. Structure of a cell membrane : Proteins of the …
How does the plasma membrane differ between eukaryotes and
2015年11月11日 · Plasma membrane is Prokaryotes has Lipid Bilayer Structure ( except in Archebacteria where both the lipid bilayer are fused to form lipid monolayer ) , the fluidity of …
Why can't ions pass through the lipid bilayer? - Socratic
2018年2月1日 · Because ions are polar. The lipid bilayer layer is actually a phospholipid bilayer made up of a lot of phospholipid molecules. Each phospholipid molecule has following parts: …
Which part of the cell membrane is nonpolar? How does this
2015年10月25日 · Hydrophobic tails. Phospholipid's structure consists of a polar head and two non polar tails. These tails do not allow polar molecules to pass in or out of the membrane. It …
Which end of the phospholipid is attracted to water? - Socratic
2017年8月28日 · phospholipid is basically lipid with phosphate group A phospholipid has two components: Phosphatidic acid Amino alcohol All phospholipids have phosphatidic acid as …