- (fat-loving, nonpolar) properties. Such a
compound is
called amphiphilic or
amphipathic.
Amphiphilic compounds include surfactants and detergents. The phospholipid...
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lipid and
aqueous phases. The cell
membrane consists of
three classes of
amphipathic lipids: phospholipids, glycolipids, and sterols. The
amount of each depends...
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extracellular environment.[citation needed] The
glycerophospholipids are
amphipathic molecules (containing both
hydrophobic and
hydrophilic regions) that...
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thought that the
bilayer also
develops a self-healing capacity. DPPC is an
amphipathic lipid. This
characteristic is due to its
hydrophilic head,
composed of...
- In pharmacology, the
fibrates are a
class of
amphipathic carboxylic acids and esters. They are
derivatives of
fibric acid (phenoxyisobutyric acid). They...
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monotopic membrane proteins and the cell membrane: 1.
interaction by an
amphipathic α-helix
parallel to the
membrane plane (in-plane
membrane helix) 2. interaction...
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Amphipathic Lipid ****ng
Sensor (ALPS)
motifs were
first identified in 2005 in ARFGAP1 and have been reviewed. The
curving of a
phospholipid bilayer...
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hydrophobic carbon tail
close to the backbone,
lysine is
considered somewhat amphipathic. For this reason,
lysine can be
found buried as well as more commonly...
- Hydrocarbon-based
surfactants are
compounds that are
amphiphilic (or
amphipathic),
having a hydrophilic,
water interactive "end",
referred to as their...
- However,
because of
their detergent-like (
amphipathic) properties,
apolipoproteins and
other amphipathic molecules (such as phospholipids) can surround...
