In the disease, Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a chloride channel (CF…

In the disease, Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a chloride channel (CFTR) is defective which results in reduced Cl− and water movement across the plasma membrane. In the lungs this is serious because mucus builds up leading to colonization by infectious bacteria. If you learn that the CFTR is a member of the family of ABC transporters, what might you conclude about the CFTR?

In your lab you are given the following components: 1) C16:0…

In your lab you are given the following components: 1) C16:0 palmitic acid            6) triacylglycerol 2) Sphingosine                        7) serine (an alcohol head group) 3) C18:1 Δ9 oleic acid            8) glucose 4) glycerol                               9) oligosaccharide (glucose-mannose-galactose-N-acetyl neuraminic acid) 5) cholesterol                         10) choline (an alcohol head group) What components are needed to form phosphatidylserine, a glycerophospholipid?