Which mechanism causes increased fluidity in molecular membranes with unsaturated lipids?

💡 Explanation

The cis configuration causes kinks in the fatty acid chains, resulting in looser packing and increased fluidity because disrupting the hydrophobic interactions weakens the overall IMFs. This increases membrane fluidity, therefore 'increased carbon-carbon double bond cis' is correct rather than tighter packing.

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