Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134641621
Author: Dean R. Appling, Spencer J. Anthony-Cahill, Christopher K. Mathews
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Chapter 10, Problem 3P
The classic demonstration that cell plasma membranes are composed of bilayers depends on the following kinds of data:
- The membrane lipids from 4.74 ×109 erythrocytes will form a monolayer of area 0.89 m2 when spread on water surface. The surface of one erythrocytes is approximately 100
- m2 in area. Show that these data can be accounted for only if the erythrocyte membrane is a bilayer.
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The classic demonstration that cell plasma membranes are composed ofbilayers depends on the following kinds of data:• The membrane lipids from 4.74 x 109 erythrocytes will form a monolayerof area 0.89 m2 when spread on a water surface.• The surface of one erythrocyte is approximately 100 μm2 in area.Show that these data can be accounted for only if the erythrocyte membraneis a bilayer.
. The classic demonstration that cell plasma membranes are composed of
bilayers depends on the following kinds of data:
• The membrane lipids from 4.74 X 1o° erythrocytes will form a mono-
layer of area 0.89 m² when spread on a water surface.
• The surface of one erythrocyte is approximately 100 um in area.
Show that these data can be accounted for only if the erythrocyte membrane
is a bilayer.
Given the melting profile of a membrane bilayer consisting of
(see attached diagrams)where R = palmitate (16:0),
(see graph)
where the x-axis is temperature in °C andthe y-axis is the degree of fluidity (highervalue means the membrane is morefluid), in what direction does the curveshift if:a. the palmitate were replaced with oleate (18:1)b. the palmitate were replaced with stearate (18:0)c. the choline head group is replaced with –OCH2 CH3
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