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G. Cell membrane
Extracellular
Integral
Lipid molecule membrane protein Glycoprotein
Glycolipid Glycocalyx

Lipid
bilayer
(ca. 5 nm)
The Cell IV

Plate 1.7
Cytosol
Peripheral
membrane
protein
1 Membrane constituents

Lipophilic amino
acid residues

2 Multiple membrane- Glycolipid
spanning integral protein
Cholesterol
Choline Polar
head group
Glycerol (hydrophilic)

Double
bond

Fatty acids
(hydrophobic)
Phosphatidylserine
15
3 Phospholipid (phosphatidylcholine) 15
4 Membrane lipids
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