Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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ISBN: 9780190209896
Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The reason behind the possibility of glycolipids being able to orient themselves into the bilayers, even in the absence of ionic group like the ones present in phospholipids.

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Glycolipids are the lipid molecules that are attached to carbohydrate groups. Unlike phospholipi, dhey do not possess a phosphate group and are also nonionic. Glycolipid is found in every plasma membran, erimarily in nerve cells.

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