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11 years ago
i want the roles of glycolipid and glycoprotein seperate and  point wise with description. i also need the figure for  each.
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11 years ago
Your question is a little hard to understand, but I'll do my best.

The prefix "glyco" indicates a saccharide (sugar) component to the word it's attached to, so a glycolipid is a lipid attached to a sugar group, and a glycoprotein is a protein attached to a sugar group. Both are found in the cell membrane, and perform varied functions, including receptors in the case of glycoproteins, and sites for chemical recognition, and cell-cell junctions in the case of glycolipids.
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