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Explain how "carbohydrates" are part of the cell membrane and what their main function is. Could you please simplify the answer to simplistic terminology? Please and thank you :)

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Carbohydrates are part of the cell membrane since those molecules sometimes bind to other molecules around this organelle made up of phospholipids to perform a recognition function as glycoproteins.

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