Question

Phospholipids, steroids and glycolipids are amphipathic and can form membranes made of lipid bilayers. On the other hand, triglycerides are fatty acids linked to all three carbons of glycerol and are basically one hydrophobic ball of a macromolecule. Consider the hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers of a lipid bilayer. If a membrane were to form around a clot of triglycerides, what would be predicted?

Answer 1

The cell membrane of the living organism is made of the lipid bilayer and proteins. The most common lipid present in the plasma membrane is the phospholipids.

Phospholipids has both the hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head. The hydrophobic region interacts with each other. The lipid layer of phopholipids gets in association with the hydrocarbon chain of triglycerides. Their hydrophilic part dissolve in each other.