Sunday, January 11, 2015

#35) Big Idea 2 Term 31: Phospholipid

Phospholipids are made of a phosphate group with two hydrocarbon tales. They are famous for making up eukaryotic cell membranes and are the basis of life on Earth. The egg yolk above is actually a single cell coated in a phospholipid membrane. The phospholipids have hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tales which allows them to make a two layered membrane.

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