Plasma Membrane

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What is it made of?

phospholipid bilayer

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The heads face…and are…

outwards & hydophilic

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The tails face…and are…

inwards & hydrophobic

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Peripheral Proteins

bound to the surface of the membrane

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Integral Proteins

penetrate the hydrophobic core but doesn’t go all the way in

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Transmembrane Proteins

integral proteins that span the entirety of membrane

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Transport Protein

passage of hydrophilic substances across the membrane

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Channel Protein

hydrophilic channel that certain molecules or ions can use as a tunnel

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Carrier Protein

change shape of molecules to shuttle them across the membrane

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Ion Channel

facilitate the diffusion of ions