BIOL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bachelor Of Architecture, Cytoskeleton, Rhine Research Center

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Phospholipid bilayers of cellular membranes are differentially permeable. Allowing biological membranes to be selectively permeable to small molecules and ions. Macromolecules and large particles are transported via endocytosis and excoytosis. Separates the internal contents of a cell from its external environment. Biomembranes: regulate the traffic of substances into and out of the cell and its organelles. All biological membranes consist of two layers of lipids, with the most abundant lipids being phospholipids. Amphipathic molecules: have a hydrophobic region and a hydrophilic region. Fluid-mosaic model: membrane is considered a mosaic of lipid, protein and carbohydrate molecules. Lipids can move freely in only two dimensions: around their long axis, laterally within the membrane leaflet. Cells have three types of proteins embedded in membranes that can accomplish phospholipid transfers: scramblases, flippases, floppases. Optimal level of bilayer fluidity is essential for normal cell function, growth and division. Lipid rafts: regions of distinctive phospholipids enriched in sterols and membrane proteins.

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