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sveticcg [70]
4 years ago
7

Name the property of cholesterol which allows it to insert itself into cell membranes

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1 answer:
zimovet [89]4 years ago
7 0
Cholesterols are amphiphatic molecules. This property allow cholesterol to insert themselves into cell membranes by interacting with phospholipids which are also amphiphatic in nature. A molecule is said to be ampiphatic if it has both polar and non polar regions.
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