Page 83 - The Miracle in the Cell Membrane

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Glycolipid
Carbohydrate
Glycoprotein chain
Outer surface
of membrane

Inner surface
of membrane

Water-repellent
(hydrophobic)
region
Protein
Water-attracting Cholesterol molecule
(hydrophilic)
region Double-layer phos-
pholipid layer
For the cell to survive, its membrane must have a viscous property. If the
cell membrane loses this, then proteins in the membrane can't fulfill their
functions and the membrane loses its permeability.

liq uids out side the cell lead to hard en ing of the cell mem -
brane and loss of flu id i ty, obstruct ing the func tions of
pro teins in the mem brane.
In his book Nature's Destiny, the micro bi ol o gist
Michael Denton draws atten tion to the essen tial nature of
this struc ture of the cell mem brane:
One of the most impor tant struc tures in the cell, which is large -
ly com posed of lip ids, is the cell mem brane. It is dif fi cult to see
how a cell could sur vive with out some sort of bond ing mem -
brane which was rel a tive ly imper me a ble to the cell's con stit u -
ents—espe cial ly to small met ab o lites such as sug ars and amino
acids—to pre vent its con tents from dif fus ing away into the sur -
round ing fluid. Such a mem brane would also have to be rel a -
tive ly plas tic and able to main tain a con tin u ous bar ri er between
the cell and its envi ron ment. . . . As one lead ing biol o gist points

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