上帝充通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sterols and Hopanoids:Functions Sterols serves to stabilize its structure and make it less flexible.(Sterols are rigid,planar molecules,whereas fatty acids are flexible.) 醇：稳定膜的结构，减少细胞膜柔性 Hopanoids are molecules similar to sterols,they present in the membranes of many Bacteria may play a role similar to that of sterols in eukaryotic cels.藿烷类化合物的作用与固醇可能相似 Shanghal Jlao Tona UniversttyShanghai Jiao Tong University Sterols and Hopanoids: Functions Sterols serves to stabilize its structure and make it less flexible. (Sterols are rigid, planar molecules, whereas fatty acids are flexible.) 固 醇: 稳定膜的结构,减少细胞膜柔性. Hopanoids are molecules similar to sterols, they present in the membranes of many Bacteria • may play a role similar to that of sterols in eukaryotic cells. 藿烷类化合物的作用与固醇可能相似