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    Glycerophospholipids or phosphoglycerides are glycerol-based phospholipids. They are the main component of biological membranes in eukaryotic cells. They...
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    may be divided into eight categories: fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, saccharolipids, and polyketides (derived from condensation...
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  • In enzymology, a glycerophospholipid acyltransferase (CoA-dependent) (EC 2.3.1.148) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction...
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    Phospholipids, such as this glycerophospholipid, have amphipathic character....
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    physiological (and other) conditions is not simple.[citation needed] See: Glycerophospholipid Phosphatidic acid (phosphatidate) (PA) Phosphatidylethanolamine (cephalin)...
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    Glycerophospholipids of biochemical relevance are divided into three subclasses based on the substitution present at the sn-1 position of the glycerol...
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    apoptosis. Phosphatidylserine is a phospholipid—more specifically a glycerophospholipid—which consists of two fatty acids attached in ester linkage to the...
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    mixtures, and repelling sticking materials. Lecithins are mixtures of glycerophospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol...
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  • (HOPO32-) and glycerol. It is a component of bacterial and eukaryotic glycerophospholipids. From a historical reason, it is also known as L-glycerol 3-phosphate...
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    amphiphilic nature, with both polar and non-polar regions, due to its glycerophospholipid structure containing a glycerol backbone, two non-polar fatty acid...
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