Which of the following statements are correct? Explain your answers. A. Lipids in a lipid bilayer spin

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Which of the following statements are correct? Explain your answers.

A. Lipids in a lipid bilayer spin rapidly around their long axis.
B. Lipids in a lipid bilayer rapidly exchange positions with one another in their own monolayer.
C. Lipids in a lipid bilayer do not flip-flop readily from one lipid monolayer to the other.

D. Hydrogen bonds that form between lipid head groups and water molecules are continually broken and re-formed.

E. Glycolipids move between different membrane enclosed compartments during their synthesis but remain restricted to one side of the lipid bilayer.

F. Margarine contains more saturated lipids than the vegetable oil from which it is made. 

G. Some membrane proteins are enzymes. 

H. The sugar layer that surrounds all cells makes cells more slippery.

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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