Although cholesterol is a hydrophobic molecule, it has a hydrophilic head group like all other membrane lipids. True or false?

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Elle Hayes

2 September, 16:49

Although cholesterol is a hydrophobic molecule, it has a hydrophilic head group like all other membrane lipids. True or false?

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Nathanial Deleon · Answer 1

True

Explanation:

Cholesterol is a molecule present in the plasmatic membrane.

Its function is to give fluidity to the membrane, present to be frost and it's a precursor for some vitamins and hormones.

Like all lipids, it's a no polar molecule, but it has an - OH in the position C-3, the head of the molecule.