Can you identify the biomolecules in the cell membrane?

Question

Can you identify the biomolecules in the cell membrane?

Answer 1

Yes, we can identify the biomolecules in the cell membrane by electron microscopy or fluorescence microscopy.

They are primarily proteins and lipids.

There is a lipid bilayer and many integral membrane proteins present all over it.

Answer 2

in order to identify the actual molecules which are associated with the cell membrane,  you must do some fancy biochemistry techniques,  but the answer is YES.

scientists can seperate proteins from lipids by playing around with salt concentratins, pH, tempurature, or even use of solvents and enzymes which may decomplex  proteins and even phospholipids from one another.    

then you can do even more fancy biochem experiments in order to analyze the molecues you have in your different test tubes with the different extraction methods used.  

This is a very broad question in the sense of yes you can identify biomolecules in the cell membrane,   but it then becomes what are you looking for?        i recommend looking into some biochemistry  and research the classical techniques of protein and lipid extractions  to better give you an idea of how this is done.

Answer 3

The cell membrane is made up of a bilayer of phospholipid with protein molecules interspaced in on and embedded on the bilayer. The stability of the structure is maintaned by cholesterol molecules. this gives the fluid mosaic model.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

protein,lipids.