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    Each phospholipid molecule consists of two parts: (a) a polar head that gives it a hydrophilic property (attracted to water) (b) a pair of non-polar fatty acid tails that give it an hydrophobic property (repelled from water) Functions of Phospholipids: 1. Act as building blocks of the biological plasma membranes in virtually all organisms. 2. Participate in the transduction of biological signals across the membrane. 3. Act as efficient store of energy as with t

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    Each phospholipid molecule consists of two parts: (a) a polar head that gives it a hydrophilic property (attracted to water) (b) a pair of non-polar fatty acid tails that give it an hydrophobic property (repelled from water) Functions of Phospholipids: 1. Act as building blocks of the biological plasma membranes in virtually all organisms. 2. Participate in the transduction of biological signals across the membrane. 3. Act as efficient store of energy as with t

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    Structure of Phospholipids

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    Each phospholipid molecule consists of two parts: (a) a polar head that gives it a hydrophilic property (attracted to water) (b) a pair of non-polar fatty acid tails that give it an hydrophobic property (repelled from water) Functions of Phospholipids: 1. Act as building blocks of the biological plasma membranes in virtually all organisms. 2. Participate in the transduction of biological signals across the membrane. 3. Act as efficient store of energy as with t

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    Phospholipids

    Structure of Phospholipids:
    * Each phospholipid molecule consists of two parts:
    (a) a polar head that gives it a hydrophilic property(attracted to water)
    (b) a pair of non-polar fatty acid tails that give it a hydrophobic property (repelled from
    water.

    Functions of Phospholipids:
    1. Act as building blocks of the biological plasma membranes in virtually all organisms.
    2. Participate in the transduction of biological signals across the membrane.
    3. Act as efficient store of energy as with triglycerides.
    4. Play an important role in the transport of fat between gut and liver in mammalian
    digestion.
    5. An important source of acetylcholine which is the most commonly occuring
    neurotransmitter substance occuring in mammals.
    6. Phospholipids control the permeability of plasma membranes.

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