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    The plasma membrane is described as a fluid mosaic because of the "mosaic" of protein molecules embedded in a lipid bilayer. Selective permeability describes the plasma membrane's ability to allow certain molecules to pass through more easily than others. Cholesterol has a crucial role in maintaining the cell membrane's fluidity at colder temperatures.

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    Bio Notes 3.4.2 Plasma Membrane Fluid Matrix

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    The plasma membrane is described as a fluid mosaic because of the "mosaic" of protein molecules embedded in a lipid bilayer. Selective permeability describes the plasma membrane's ability to allow certain molecules to pass through more easily than others. Cholesterol has a crucial role in maintaining the cell membrane's fluidity at colder temperatures.

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    The Plasma Membrane: The Fluid Mosaic Model

    ! The plasma membrane is described as a fluid mosaic because of the “mosaic” of protein
    molecules embedded in a lipid bilayer. The mosaic is fluid as most of the proteins and lipid
    molecules drift in a lateral direction at the rate of about two microns/minute. Your
    professor graphically refers to proteins floating in a sea of lard!
    ! Review: The membrane is stabilized by an extracellular matrix and by an intracellular
    cytoskeleton.

    Selective permeability describes the plasma


    membrane’s ability to allow certain molecules
    to pass through more easily than others.
    Some molecules are completely blocked. The
    plasma membrane is structured so as to
    promote selective permeability of substances:

    Review: The illustration shows the lipid


    bilayer. It consists of hydrophobic tails
    sandwiched in between hydrophilic heads
    that point toward the cellular cytoplasm or
    toward the watery outer environment.

    Hydrophobic or fat-soluble substances can


    pass through the membrane. Hydrophilic
    substances cannot easily pass through
    because the hydrophobic core presents a
    barrier.

    One of the roles of protein molecules, which


    are sandwiched in the lipid bilayer, is to
    transport hydrophilic substances across the
    membrane.

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    The illustration in the white rectangle shows
    the structure of a phospholipid. Notice that
    each phospholipid has two tails. One tail is
    comprised of saturated fat. The other tail
    possesses double carbon bonds, which are
    unsaturated and the resulting overall
    appearance of the tail is kinked. The kinks
    make the membrane fluid by keeping adjacent
    phospholipids from packing together.

    As a survival strategy, the cell’s membrane


    composition may differ in different
    environmental conditions. For example,
    membranes that are rich in unsaturated bonds
    will remain more fluid. Fluidity is crucial for
    maintaining cell membrane permeability!

    In spite of its bad reputation, cholesterol has a


    crucial role in maintaining the cell membrane’s
    fluidity at colder temperatures

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