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sweet [91]
3 years ago
9

What is the function of cholesterol in the plasma membrane?

Biology
1 answer:
horsena [70]3 years ago
6 0
<span>This helps slightly immobilize outer surface of membrane and make it less soluble to very small water-soluble molecules that could otherwise pass through more easily in to the body.Without cholesterol,cell membrane would be the too fluid,not firm enough and too permeable to some molecules.</span>
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