sphingomyelin

biochemistry

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class of sphingolipids

  • In sphingolipid

    Sphingomyelins, which are the only phosphorus-containing sphingolipids, are most abundant in nervous tissue, but they also occur in the blood.

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  • lipid structure
    In lipid: Glycerophospholipids

    …many glycerophospholipids as well as sphingomyelin (discussed below) can be in either one of two states, gel or liquid-crystalline. In the solidlike gel state, the lipid molecules in each half of the bilayer are arranged in a two-dimensional lattice, with their two acyl chains in the extended form. With the…

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