Multiple Choice
What function does the phosphate group provide to phosphoglycerides in biological membranes?
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Which one of the following statements accurately describes the difference between cephalins and lecithins?
Draw a glycerophospholipid with lauric acid at C1, myristic acid at C2, and choline bonded to phosphate.
Draw a cephalin with stearic acid at C1 and oleic acid at C2.
Phosphoglycerides can undergo saponification reaction. Draw products of complete basic hydrolysis of following cephalin. (Hint: 5 products are formed.)