Usually amphipathic due to a hydrophilic head group, their two fatty acid moieties make the other end hydrophobic.
Despite a ether-linked alkene at C-1, plasmalogens are categorized into this class of compounds. Lecithin [LESS-ih-thun] results when choline [KOH- leen] is added to C-3, which can also contain a phosphodiester linkage to ethanolamine. Usually amphipathic due to a hydrophilic head group, their two fatty acid moieties make the other end hydrophobic. FTP name these molecules containing a glycerol bound to fatty acids and a phosphate group, the components of membrane bilayers.
Despite a ether-linked alkene at C-1, plasmalogens are categorized into this class of compounds.
{phospholipid}s (accept {phosphatide}s or {phosphatidic acid}s or {phosphoglyceride}s; prompt on "lipids" or "phosphates")