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usually comprises more than 50 mol% of all lipids where it controls membrane “fluidity”,
lipid packing and permeability. Cholesterol has been proposed to be the molecular “glue”
that holds membrane lipid rafts together. Lipid composition can vary with diet, environ-
mental conditions, and age of the organism.
By weight, the major component of most membranes is protein, and proteins are respon-
sible for all membrane biochemical activity. Chapter 6 will discuss the many types of struc-
tural proteins that are found in membranes.
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