Phospholipids form lipid bilayers in water. What structure might form if phospholipids were placed in an organic solvent?

Q: What are phospholipids?

A: Phospholipids are one of the basic components of the cell membrane. This biomolecule posses the…

Q: How do unsaturated fatty acids in phospholipids affect the cell membrane?

A: Lipids are considered as one of the essential biomolecules, which are required by the body. These…

Q: What characteristics of phopholipids make the lipid bilayer fluid?

A: The plasma membrane, also called the cell membrane, is the membrane found in all cells that separate…

Q: how do phospholipids chemical structures help with identifying lipids?

A: Introduction  Lipids are a diverse group of organic molecules that are insoluble in water but…

Q: List the constituents of phospholipids

A: The main constituents of cell membranes are phospholipids. Phospholipids are fat-soluble as well as…

Q: Based on their structure, sketch and explain how phospholipids would organize themselves in water.

A: Introduction: Phospholipids are one of the important components of the plasma membrane. It has one…

Q: Draw simple structural molecules of triglycerides and phospholipidsto compare their differences and…

A: Triglycerides are tri-esters, main constituent of body fats as well as vegetable fat. Phospholipids…

Q: Identify the classes of organic molecules found in plasma membranes.

A: The fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane was proposed by Singer and Nicolson in 1974 is the…

Q: Gelatin is made out of collagen that is suspended in water and hydrated. When NaCl is placed over…

A: Gelatin is made out of collagen so the properties of both of them are also similar(chemically…

Q: Define phospholipid.

A: A cell is a small self-contained unit within whole organisms. It is the smallest unit of the body.…

Q: Which macromolecule, along with its examples, is described in the table?

A: Macromolecules are very large molecules or biochemical compounds made up of several monomers…

Q: List the four classes of organic molecules that are foundin cells.

A: Cells are the smallest functional and structural unit of all organisms. All cells have a cell…

Q: How are detergent molecules similar to phospholipid molecules in plasma membranes? Explain the…

A: Introduction:  Phospholipids are the class of lipids that are a major component of all cell…

Q: Define the role of phospholipid ?

A: Phospholipids, otherwise called phosphatides, are a class of lipids whose particle has a hydrophilic…

Q: The molecule at the left is an example of which lipid? CH wax C-0-C-H terpene steroid CH-O…

A: Lipids are amphipathic molecules that contain both polar and non-polar groups. Lipids contain either…

Q: Choose the sentence that best describes the molecule shown below но O Hydrophilic fatty acid O…

A: Fatty acids Fatty acids, both free and as part of complex lipids, play a number of key roles in…

Q: Draw the structure of the following phospholipids: a) A cephalin formed from two molecules of…

A: Phospholipids contain phosphoric acids in addition to alcohol and fatty acid. Phospholipids are…

Q: When placed in water, phospholipid molecules form the structures shown here. Explain why. Water…

A: Phospholipids are amphiphatic consisting of both hydrophillic and hydrophobic layers.The biological…

Q: Describe the organization of amphipathic molecules in water.

A: A molecule that possesses both a polar and a non-polar group is called an amphipathic molecule. They…

Q: Draw the strcuture of Phospholipids

A: Phospholipids also referred to as phosphatides, are a kind of lipid. Phospholipids are found in…

Q: describe the role of water in biological processes. Differentiate the hydrophilic and hydrophobic…

A: Ans- Water is a polar molecule and universal solvent. It means anything that has polar properties…

Q: A phospholipid in cell membrane is an amphiphilic molecule, meaning it has both a hydrophilic region…

A: Phospholipids are the kind of lipid molecules that forms the major component of the plasma membrane…

Q: Define phospholipids. Classify them with suitable examples and state their functions.

A: Introduction; Phospholipids are a type of lipid molecule that are essential components of cell…

Q: A phospholipid has a head and two tails. The tails are found----- *

A: A phospholipid has a head and two tails. The tails are found in the in the interior of membrane.…

Q: What causes phospholipid's fluidity?

A: The question needs some correction- "What causes phospholipid bilayer's fluidity?" The membrane…

Q: Phospholipids will spontaneously form bubbles of bi-layer when put into water. Why do they do this?…

A: Phospholipid amphipathic molecules of hydrophilic phosphate head and hydrophobic fatty acid tails.

Q: Write a note on structure and function of lyso phospholipids

A: Introduction: Lysophospholipids (LPLs) are a class of phospholipids that contain a single fatty acid…

Q: Which portion of the phospholipid would face the water molecules?

A: The plasma membrane of a cell establishes its boundaries and dictates the nature of its interface…

Q: Differentiate between Phospholipids and Glycolipids?

A: The structure of phospholipids and glycolipids is similar. Both lipids consist of a polar and…

Q: different properties of the head and tails of phospholipids (polar, hydrophilic, nonpolar,…

A: Phospholipids are lipids with phosphate groups and are a crucial part of cell membranes. The…

Q: All phospholipids will have double bonds in their tails. True or False

A: Phospholipids are amphiphilic  They consist of two nonpolar hydrocarbon tails and a polar head. In…

Q: Explain the the term amphipthic by drawing a simplified version of a phosphoipid and labeling its…

A: Phospholipid is an amphipathic molecule. Amphipathic molecule has both polar and non-polar part. The…

Q: Explain why vegetable oil and water don't dissolve in one another.

A: Lipids are non-polar biomolecules composed of fatty acids and an alcohol. Some of the lipids have…