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Discuss the effect of (a) cholesterol addition, (b) free fatty acid addition, and (c) lysophospholipid addition...

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Discuss the effect of (a) cholesterol addition, (b) free fattyacid addition, and (c) lysophospholipid addition to a membranebilayer. Be sure to include an explanation of concentrationdependence in biochemical and physical terms. Will your answers to(b) or (c) change if you consider saturated versus unsaturatedfatty acids?

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Ans a Cholesterol plays an important role in regulating the properties of phospholipid membranes Cholesterol regulates the fluidity of the membrane and modulates the function of membrane proteins The influence on the bilayer widths of various lipids upon inclusion of cholesterol was determined from Xray diffraction studies of the cast films of the lipidcholesterol coaggregates in water When incerased amount of cholesterol is incorporated into the phospholipid vesicles the carboxyfluorescein CF leakage rates were progressively    See Answer
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