BCH3021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lipid Raft, Lipid Bilayer, Phosphatidylethanolamine

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Lecture 5 Forming Cells into Tissues: Junction Complexes between Cells and
with the Extracellular Matrix
Cell Membrane Components
Structure: lipids and proteins
o Lipid bilayer that surrounds organelles in cell
Lipid molecule and protein molecules embedded
Types of phospholipids
o 4 major classes
o Composed of two fatty acids attached to glycerol via phosphate
Lipid composition of membranes
o Cholesterol (4 ringed)
Emparts stiffen region into membrane
o Phosphatidylethanolamine
o Glycolipids
o Combination of sugars make up blood group
Protein Components
o Receptors or channels
o Can be inserted or linked to lipid bilayer
o Can open or close
o Linked to membrane by range of linkages
Functions
o Acts as semi-permeable barrier
o Membranes are fluid structures
Lipid and protein molecules lateral diffusion
o Membrane proteins serve as pumps, channels, receptors, energy
transducers, enzymes and signals or flags
o Membranes form interfaces transduce chemical signals or energy
from one compartment to another
Lipid rafts
o Micro-domains made up of proteins with associated sphingolipids and
cholesterol
o Contain specific types of lipids and proteins forms complex in
membrane and acts as signalling platform for different interactions
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