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1) Cholesterol moderates the fluidity of cell membranes by fitting between fatty acid chains and disrupting close packing, which both increases and decreases fluidity. 2) Biological membranes contain 20-80% protein in addition to lipids and carbohydrates. Membrane proteins can be integral or peripheral. 3) Integral proteins span the lipid bilayer and interact with fatty acids, while peripheral proteins interact weakly with lipid head groups or integral proteins.
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