LIPO-PROTEINS
A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly that contains both proteins and lipids. Many enzymes, complexes that transport substances in the blood, structural proteins, antigens, adhesins and toxins are lipoproteins. Examples include the high density and low density lipoproteins which enable fats to be carried in the blood stream, the transmembrane proteins of the mitochondrion and the chloroplast, and bacterial lipoproteins. The function of lipoprotein particles is to transport lipids (fats) and cholesterol around the body in the aqueous blood, in which they would not normally dissolve.
