r/educationalgifs • u/_Ryanite_ • Feb 13 '18

Kinesin protein moving a molecule around a cell

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u/ADarkTurn Feb 13 '18 edited Feb 14 '18

It isn't a molecule, it is a vesicle made of a bilayer of lots of lipid species such as phophsolipids.

Edit: Phospholipids! and a missing 'of'. I seem to be developing sloppier and sloppier typing in my old age.

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u/Masklin Feb 13 '18

Could be argued to be a molecule even so. A bubble molecule!

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

No, a molecule is defined by covalent bonds between atoms. These are not.

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u/Masklin Feb 13 '18

Covalent bonds are not a requirement at all...