The role of double bonds in the fatty acid tails of membrane phospholipids is to

a. help stabilize the membrane.
b. react with adjacent double bonds.
c. increase membrane fluidity.
d. interact with membrane proteins.


Ans: c. increase membrane fluidity.

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