Unsaturated fat

... membranes act the same way in point of permeability (prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic; membranes rich in saturated fatty acid chains vs. rich in unsaturated ones; etc.)? In other words, is there any difference in the fine structure among membranes that could affect permeability (aside from having ...

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... directly. It is because of special membrane structure (saturated and unsaturated fat acids, cholesterol) and conditions under which are the membrane (for example temperature). ...

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... feed electrons into the electron transport pathway which also produces ATP and reoxidizes NADH back into NAD+ for re-use. Arachidonic acid is an unsaturated twenty-carbon fatty acid precursor to a number of molecules like the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, prostacyclins and leukotrienes. The whole ...

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... the carbon atoms. If there are only double bonds then the fatty acid chain is saturated. If there are double bonds then the fatty acid chain is unsaturated.

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... be water within the chains. But then I read that the phospholipid bilayer is fluid. Why? Im not sure but is it because of the kinks formed by the unsaturated fatty acid tails, they cause a break in the close alignment of the hydrophobic interior, does this allow a small amount of water in? Does ...

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