Given the following compositional assessment of a cell membrane, describe from ER to cell membrane how this composition was synthesized and why it is asymmetric?                       Cytoplasmic face               Non-cytoplasmic face PI                       25                                         8 PC                        6                                       22 SM                       4                                       23

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  1. Given the following compositional assessment of a cell membrane, describe from ER to cell membrane how this composition was synthesized and why it is asymmetric?

 

                    Cytoplasmic face               Non-cytoplasmic face

PI                       25                                         8

PC                        6                                       22

SM                       4                                       23

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