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[lazyandcool]

Suggest why marine organisms living in polar regions have a very high proportion of cholestrol in their membranes?

 

[flashy04]

hmm thats a hard one, but i knw that cholesterol keeps the cell not to firm and not too fluid, so mayb the cold has something to do with the firmess of the cell??

 

[lazyandcool]

thanks anyway

 

[s0phhhhx]

isnt it to do with like.. umm how fat layers/lipid keeps the warmth in?

 

[google5678]

Cholesterol in the Plasma membrane increases fluidity and so stops the membrane from freeing and fracturing around from around the living cell. (It basically acts as a membrane anti-freeze).

Hope this helps

 

[kaz1]

Cause they eat sushi

 

[lazyandcool]

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