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Role of cholesterol in maintaining membrane fluidity

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Answered by siddhi690851
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Cholesterol act as a bidirectional of membrane fluidity because at high temperature it stabilize the membrane and and raises it melting point, whereas at low temperature it intercalates between phospholipids and prevent them from clustering together and stiffening.

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Answered by Ratnesh1231
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Cholesterol Helps Maintain the Fluidity of Cell Membranes....
At the high concentrations it is found in our cell's plasma membranes (close to 50 percent, molecule for molecule) cholesterol helps separate the phospholipids so that the fatty acid chains can't come together and cyrstallize...

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