Are proteins EMBEDDED WITHIN A SINGLE phospholipid layer called extrinsic?

Subject: Are proteins EMBEDDED WITHIN A SINGLE phospholipid layer called extrinsic?

Date: Sat Oct 9 09:55:41 2010
Posted by Irshaad
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Area of science: Cell Biology
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Hello,
     My question concerns membrane proteins.
Proteins that span through the WHOLE of the phospholipid bilayer are called 
intrinsic proteins.
But how are proteins that are EMBEDDED INTO A SINGLE PHOSPHOLIPID LAYER called - 
extrinsic or intrinsic?
Then how are proteins that are NOT EMBEDDED into the phospholipid layer (they 
are just found ON the surface of the membrane) called?

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