Membrane synthesis in the cell requires the regulation of growth for both halves of the bilayer and the selective retention of certain types of lipids on one side or the other. Which group of enzymes accomplishes both of these tasks?

(a) flippases
(b) phospholipases
(c) convertases
(d) glycosylases


(a)

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