What kind of membrane protein is found entirely outside the bilayer on either the extracellular or cytoplasmic surface? These proteins are covalently linked to a membrane lipid situated within the bilayer.
A)integral protein
B)lipid-anchored protein
C)peripheral proteins
D)carbohydrate-anchored protein
E)transmembrane

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Lipid-anchored proteins are covalently linked to a membrane lipid situated within the bilayer and found entirely outside the bilayer on either the extracellular or cytoplasmic surface. Integral proteins span the entire bilayer and transmembrane proteins have segments that pass all the way through the lipid bilayer. Peripheral proteins are not embedded in the bilayer and are found on the surface of the membrane. Carbohydrate-anchored proteins are covalently linked to a carbohydrate group on a membrane lipid or protein.

What Kind of Membrane Protein Is Found Entirely Outside the Bilayer