A class of membrane lipids that have a polar head and two nonpolar tails. They are composed of one molecule of the long-chain amino alcohol sphingosine (4-sphingenine) or one of its derivatives, one molecule of a long-chain acid, a polar head alcohol and sometimes phosphoric acid in diester linkage at the polar head group. (Lehninger et al, Principles of Biochemistry, 2nd ed)

DUI

D013107 MeSH Prohlížeč

CUI

M0020299

Předchozí užití

Lipids (1966-1970)

Historická pozn.

72(71); was see under LIPIDS 1963-71

Online pozn.

search LIPIDS 1966-70

Veřejná pozn.

72; was see under LIPIDS 1963-71