Membrane proteins move laterally in a phospholipid bilayer but generally not up and down. Why would this be so?

Q: Protein transport across membranes in the eukaryotic cell can take all of the following forms…

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Q: Describe two similarities and two differences between actin filaments and microtubules.

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Q: Describe Structure and Membrane Junctions of membrane?

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Q: Distinguish between simple diffusion (SD), facilitated di

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Q: Describe the various types of specialized domains that can be established in the plasma membrane?…

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Q: In an integral membrane protein, which of the amino acids below is most likely to be found in the…

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Q: Compare and contrast the structure and function of the three major types of membrane junctions.

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Q: Why change one type of membrane anchor for another?

A: Biological membranes are composed of the lipid bilayer and proteins.

Q: Why are water soluble substances unable to freely cross the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane?…

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Q: Can water cross plasma membrane easily? Explain?

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Q: Does skeletal muscle, like cardiac muscle, have gap junctions between adjacent cells? Why or why…

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Q: Describe the function of plasma membrane G proteins

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Q: Membrane proteins with specialized functions and distinct from other membrane proteins may be…

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Q: Suppose calcium ion is maintained within an organelle at a concentration 1000 times greater than…

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Q: ted fatty acids? why or why not, explain?

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Q: In general, what is the relationship between membrane fluidity and membrane permeability?

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Q: List three mediator proteins that move phospholipid molecules from one side of a membrane to the…

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Q: IN the figure for D: The organization of a protein that normally resides in the plasma membrane in…

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Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.