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    Group 2 Glycolipids

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    Glycolipids are lipids with a carbohydrate attached by a glycosidic bond. They are found predominantly on the outer surface of the plasma membrane. Their main roles are to maintain membrane stability and facilitate cellular recognition through their carbohydrate chains. Glycolipids help with immune response, cell recognition, and binding between cells in tissues through their carbohydrate receptors binding to complementary carbohydrates or lectins on neighboring cells.

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    Glycolipids are lipids with a carbohydrate attached by a glycosidic bond. They are found predominantly on the outer surface of the plasma membrane. Their main roles are to maintain membrane stability and facilitate cellular recognition through their carbohydrate chains. Glycolipids help with immune response, cell recognition, and binding between cells in tissues through their carbohydrate receptors binding to complementary carbohydrates or lectins on neighboring cells.

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    Glycolipids are lipids with a carbohydrate attached by a glycosidic bond. They are found predominantly on the outer surface of the plasma membrane. Their main roles are to maintain membrane stability and facilitate cellular recognition through their carbohydrate chains. Glycolipids help with immune response, cell recognition, and binding between cells in tissues through their carbohydrate receptors binding to complementary carbohydrates or lectins on neighboring cells.

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    GLYCOLIPIDS

    BY GROUP 2
    BBT 1209 _ MACROMOLECULES (PROTEINS, LIPIDS,
    CARBOHYDRATES)
    GLYCOLIPIDS

     Glycolipids are glycoconjugates.


     Glycoconjugates are glycans that are covalently
    linked with various chemical species such as
    lipids, proteins, peptides and other compounds.
    A glycolipid is an oligosaccharide-containing lipid
    molecule.
     They are found predorminatly on the outer
    surface of plasma membrane.
    GLYCOLIPIDS

     Their main role is to maintain stability of the membrane


    and to facilitate cellular recognition.
     Glycolipids are lipids with a carbohydrate attached by a
    glycosidic bond.
     The most common lipids in the cellular membranes are
    glycerolipids and sphingolipids. Sphingolipids are a class of
    lipids with a sphingoid bases, which are a set of aliphatic
    amino alcohols. For example sphingosine.
    METABOLISM OF GLYCOLIPIDS

     GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; these are enzymes that


    link the saccharide to the lipid molecule and
    assemble the correct oligosaccharide.

     GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; these are enzymes that


    modify the oligosaccharide structure of the glycan
    after it has been added to the lipid. They can also
    remove glycans from glycolipids.
    FUNCTIONS OF GLYCOLIPIDS

     CELL MEMBRANE STABILITY


    The carbohydrate chains project like antennae into
    the watery fluids surrounding the cell where they
    form hydrogen bonds with the water molecules and
    so help stabilize the membrane structure.

    The carbohydrate chains form a sugary coating


    called glycocalyx.
    FUNCTIONS OF GLYCOLIPIDS

     IMMUNE RESPONSE
    The carbohydrate chains help the glycolipids to act as
    receptor molecules, which bind with particular substances at
    the cell surface.
    Some glycolipids act as cell markers or antigens, allowing
    cell-cell recognition.
    Each type of cell has its own type of antigen.
    For example the ABO blood group antigens are glycolipids
    and glycoproteins.
    FUNCTIONS OF GLYCOLIPIDS

     CELL RECOGNITION
    They facilitate interactions between cells, allowing them to
    connect and form tissues.
    They bind to molecules that are parts of the structure
    engulfed by the cell surface.
    They are involved in binding cells to other cells in tissues
    and organs in animals.
    They serve as recognition sites during cell-cell recognition.
    FUNCTIONS OF GLYCOLIPIDS

     EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENT
    They are found on the surface of all eukaryotic cell
    membranes, glycolipids extend into the
    extracellular matrix.

    Carbohydrate receptors, the saccharides of


    glycolipids bind to specific complementary
    carbohydrates or lectins on neighboring cells.

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