Page 81 - The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

a close to that of liq uid state. If chains of this length were
solid under typ i cal envi ron men tal con di tions, then the
struc tures they com pose would not be elas tic enough to
per form any func tions with in the cell. In addi tion, in
their liq uid state, these chains pro tect liv ing cyto plasm
against destruc tive for ces because they are less vis cous
than water. 29
The hydro pho bic (water-repel lent) struc ture of fats
lends sta bil i ty to the cell's struc tures, bor ders and com -

THE PHOSPHOLIPID MOLECULE CONSTITUTING
THE CELL MEMBRANE IS A MIRACLE OF CREATION

Phospholipid
Various
(CH 3 ) 3 groups
(choline)
Phosp Charged
hate pole head
group part
head
part

Fatty Uncharged
acid pole tail
tail part
Two-layered
phos-
pholipid
mem- { Fatty part
brane
Satur Unsaturat (b) Cavity-filling (c) Cell membrane
ated ed fatty model: In this
fatty acid model, unsaturat- The molecules making up the
acid ed fatty acid cell membrane's phospholipid
structure are present in just the
assumes a very
convoluted needed form and place. The fact
shape. that phospholipid molecules
have the ideal molecular struc-
ture for the cell, and that no
(a) The structural formula of phosphatidyl- known substance can replace
choline: The special phospholipid shown that structure, is no doubt a
here is phosphatidylcholine. Phospholipids proof of Creation.
are the building blocks of the cell membrane.

79