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dimaraw [331]
3 years ago
11

Which substance on the plasma membrane helps identify chemical signals from outside the cell?

Biology
1 answer:
vodomira [7]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The correct answer is carbohydrate chain.

Explanation:

Plasma membrane contain various proteins such as peripheral proteins,transmembrane proteins,GPI anchored proteins.Among them some protein contain carbohydrate chain basically oligosaccharide chain which is arranged in the extracellular portion of the plasma membrane.

 The principle function of these oligosaccharide side chains is to detect various chemical and biochemical signals from outside the cell .

 For example integrin is a glycoprotein that detect the signal for communicating with the adjacent cells.

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