Cell Membranes

Question 1

What is the function of membranes within a cell

Answer 1

Question 2

What is an ampipathic membrane
What does lipid structure determine

Answer 2

Question 3

What are Cell Membranes made up of

Answer 3

Lipids + proteins

Question 4

Draw the structure of a phospholipid

Answer 4

Question 5

What happens of the tail of a phospholipid has unsaturated lipids

Answer 5

Question 6

What is the main type of phospholipid in most animal cell membranes

Answer 6

Phosphoglycerides

Question 7

How do ampipathic lipids drive bilayer membrane formation

Answer 7

Question 8

what types of membrane lipids are there

Answer 8

Question 9

What ways can membrane lipids move

Answer 9

Question 10

What are lipid raft domains

Answer 10

Question 11

Why is the asymmetry of membrane lipids important for a cell

Answer 11

Question 12

Who is a smelly baby

Answer 12

Samiyah Hussain

Question 13

What is the role of proteins in the membrane

Answer 13

Question 14

What are transmembrane proteins

Answer 14

Question 15

How can mapping the hydrophobic parts of transmembrane protein predict its arrangement across membranes

Answer 15

Question 16

What does glycosylated mean

Answer 16

The attachment of carbohydrates to the backbone of a protein through an enzymatic reaction
It’s a type of post translation modification
Plays a crucial role in determining protein structure and stability