Describe three roles of membranes within cells.
Compartmentalisation - as different organelle's different metabolic reaction require different optimum environments such as pH and temperature. Site of chemical reactions such as photosynthesis or respiration. Acts as a receptor - glycolipids and glycoproteins act as receptors for proteins for both the cell and organelles within.
Related Biology A Level answers
All answers ▸Describe and explain the series of events leading to excitatory post synaptic stimulation upon the activation of a pacinian corpuscle.
How is an action potential transmitted across a synapse?
What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
Describe how ventilation of the lungs occurs.