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 Lipid, are any of a various group of organic compounds including fats, oils, hormones, and certain components of membranes that are grouped together because they are doing not interact appreciably with water. One sort of lipid, the triglycerides, is sequestered as fat in adipose cells, which function the energy-storage depot for organisms and also provide thermal insulation. Some lipids like steroid hormones function chemical messengers between cells, tissues, and organs, et al. communicate signals between biochemical systems within one cell. The membranes of cells and organelles (structures within cells) are microscopically thin structures formed from two layers of phospholipid molecules. Membranes function to separate individual cells from their environments and to compartmentalize the cell interior into structures that perform special functions. So important is that this compartmentalizing function that membranes, and therefore the lipids that form them, must are essential to the origin of life itself. Water is the biological milieu—the substance that makes life possible—and almost all the molecular components of living cells, whether they be found in animals, plants, or microorganisms, are soluble in water. Molecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates have an affinity for water and are called hydrophilic (“water-loving”). Lipids, however, are hydrophobic (“water-fearing”). Some lipids are amphipathic—part of their structure is hydrophilic and another part, usually a bigger section, is hydrophobic.  

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