Summary Biological membranes revision notes for Biology A level OCR
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In depth revision notes covering the whole of biological membranes. The topic is broken down into the individual specification points, shown by the numbers used throughout.
OCR A Biology H420 - 2.1.5 - Biological Membranes (Chapter 5) Short Summary Notes
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, 2 1 5 BIOLOGICAL
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MEMBRANES
Roles of membranes
They separate the contents
·
of the cell from their
environment
the
↳
they also separate
organelles from each other
+
cytosol = compartmentalisation
[that allows the specific
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Metabolism conditions required for
includes
& reactions (e g
car . .
chemical gradients) to
be maintained I
Proteins
·
have to be wi particular positions for
chemical reactions to take place
·
they act as barriers -
controlling what comes
wito , out of the cell
↳
they'reJ
partially permeable so only
certai molecules can pass through
·
invowed in the secretion of hormones/
druicals that signal other alls
They contain all receptors that
hormones/
·
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to communicate with each other
I Cell signalling
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