Chapter 5, Problem 2RQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The configuration when ten phospholipid molecules would assume when placed in water and also explain why they arrange in this configuration.

Introduction:

Phospholipids are a type of lipids that contain phosphate group which are the important component of cell membranes. A phospholipid contains fatty acid and phosphate group in which fatty acids are hydrophobic tails and phosphate group forms the hydrophilic head.