Flashcards in Lecture 6 Deck (7)
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Fatty acids __________ in some bacteria.
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Desaturate
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Unsaturated fatty acids are (more/less) fluid than saturated fatty acids
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More
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FA desaturases would be beneficial in (hot/cold) conditions.
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Cold
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The idea that proteins are floating and moving around in a phospholipid bilayer is…
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The fluid mosaic model
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Transmembrane proteins…
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Span membranes
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3 examples of membrane proteins are…
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Transporter (channel)
Enzyme
Cell surface receptor
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__________ is the movement of molecules through membranes.
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Passive transport