2006-11-23 04:20:39 · 0 answers · asked by Shaikh R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
glycolipid
(Science: biochemistry) oligosaccharides covalently attached to lipid as in the glycosphingolipids found in plasma membranes of all animal and some plant cells.
The lipid part of glycolipids is sphingosine in which the amino group is acylated by a fatty chain, forming a ceramide. most of the oligosaccharide chains belong to one of four series, the ganglio, globo, lacto type 1 and lacto type 2 series. blood group antigens are glycolipids.
The type of substance that is not degraded in patients with Fabry disease.
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are fats that bind to one or more chains of sugars. There are more than 100 different glycolipids found in human tissues. They are located mainly on the surface of cell membranes where they function as receptor molecules as well as being involved in cell-to-cell interaction.
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Glycolipids are carbohydrate-attached lipids. Their role is to provide energy and also serve as markers for cellular recognition.
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2006-11-23 04:33:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Is A Glycolipid
2016-10-30 04:48:58 · answer #2 · answered by detkowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glycolipids are carbohydrate-attached lipids. Their role is to provide energy and also serve as markers for cellular recognition.
They occur where a carbohydrate chain is associated with phospholipids on the exoplasmic surface of the cell membrane. The carbohydrates are found on the outer surface of all eukaryotic cell membranes.
They extend from the phospholipid bilayer into the aqueous environment outside the cell where it acts as a recognition site for specific chemicals as well as helping to maintain the stability of the membrane and attaching cells to one another to form tissues.
2006-11-23 23:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Glycolipids are carbohydrate-attached lipids. Their role is to provide energy and also serve as markers for cellular recognition.
They occur where a carbohydrate chain is associated with phospholipids on the exoplasmic surface of the cell membrane. The carbohydrates are found on the outer surface of all eukaryotic cell membranes.
They extend from the phospholipid bilayer into the aqueous environment outside the cell where it acts as a recognition site for specific chemicals as well as helping to maintain the stability of the membrane and attaching cells to one another to form tissues.
2006-11-23 04:40:12 · answer #4 · answered by Sweet Wicked Awesome 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope this helps...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolipids
2006-11-23 04:29:33 · answer #5 · answered by Milkaholic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is essentially sugar attached to fat.
2006-11-23 06:25:52 · answer #6 · answered by romeo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋