Question

Fill in the blanks.

1). Heat, pH and salinity are all factors that can cause a protein to lose its structure due to interactions among secondary motifs (known as ___________). Nucleic acids, on the other hand, are much more robust to these factors.

2). _____________ in the cell membrane include glycerol phospholipids and sphingolipids

Answer 1

Answer 1

Heat, pH and salinity are all factors that can cause a protein to lose its structure due to interactions among secondary motifs (known as Denaturation). Nucleic acids, on the other hand, are much more robust to these factors.

Explanation

Under extreme or stress conditions such as Heat, pH and salinity causes the loss of tertiary structure of proteins or we can say protein gets denatured.

Answer 2

Lipid rafts in the cell membrane include glycerol phospholipids and sphingolipids.

Explanation

Lipid rafts exhibit the property to modulate the fluidity and trafficking of proteins.