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Lipid structure and function

Separate membrane lipids from energy-storage lipids.

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Ester-linked fatty acids in common glycerol-based forms

Long-term energy reserve in adipose tissue

Main framework of a membrane bilayer

Polar phosphate-containing head and two hydrophobic tails

Glycerol joined to three fatty acids

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Why do phospholipids form bilayers?

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