In a phospholipid, which components constitute the hydrophilic head? select the correct answer below: question 1 options: amino-alcohol modified phosphate, ester groups, and glycerol fatty acid and glycerol phosphate and fatty acid only the amino alcohol that modifies the phosphate group

Option (a) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A lipid that contains a phosphate group in its molecule is known as a phospholipid.

These are the primary molecules present in a plasma membrane. These tend to contain two hydrophobic fatty acid tails and one hydrophilic head.

Hydrophilic means water loving in nature.

As phosphate group is a polar group due to this the hydrophilic region present in a phospholipid is able to interact with water.

In an amino-alcohol modified phosphate, ester groups, and glycerol, the glycerol is hydrophobic in nature. It also contains two fatty acids and a phosphoric acid which are present as ester. The polar head that mainly consists of phosphate group is hydrophilic and thus, it helps in combining to a water molecules.

Hence, we can conclude that in a phospholipid, amino-alcohol modified phosphate, ester groups, and glycerol are the components which constitute the hydrophilic head.

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.