Phospholipid structure
What Phospholipid structure means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
One glycerol bonded to two fatty acids and one phosphate group, giving a hydrophilic phosphate head and two hydrophobic fatty acid tails.
One glycerol joined to two fatty acids and a phosphate-containing group.
Topics that use Phospholipid structure
- Lipids (AQA A-Level)
- Biological molecules (OCR A-Level)
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- Cellulose and microfibrils
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