Lipid
Introduction
Proteins are made up of amino acids
Roles of Lipids
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Structural — membrane lipids, phospholipids, |
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Storage — fatty acids, triglycerols, sterols, |
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Informational — the lipid composition of cell membranes in obligately complex multicellular eukaryotes helps to identify them; cells in parts of the body where they are not supposed to be are attacked by the immune system as part of the eukaryotic cancer-supression system. |
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Functional — pigments |