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#Question id: 11341


Why can’t triacylglycerols be significant components of lipid bilayers?

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
  1. Triacylglycerols lack nonpolar head groups, so they do not orient themselves in a bilayer with their acyl chains inward and their glycerol moiety toward the surface.

  2. Triacylglycerols lack polar head groups, so they orient themselves in a bilayer with their acyl chains inward and their glycerol moiety toward the surface.

  3. Triacylglycerols lack polar head groups, so they do not orient themselves in a bilayer with their acyl chains inward and their glycerol moiety toward the surface.

  4. Triacylglycerols lack polar head groups, so they do not orient themselves in a bilayer with their glycerol moiety inward and their acyl chains toward the surface