2. Structural Lipids in Membranes

Glycerophospholipids Are Derivatives of Phosphatidic Acid

Some Glycerophospholipids Have Ether-Linked Fatty Acids

Galactolipids of Plants and Ether-Linked Lipids of Archaea Are Environmental Adaptations

Sphingolipids Are Derivatives of Sphingosine

Sphingolipids at Cell Surfaces Are Sites of Biological Recognition

Phospholipids and Sphingolipids Are Degraded in Lysosomes

Sterols Have Four Fused Carbon Rings

BOX 10-2 Abnormal Accumulations of Membrane Lipids: Some Inherited Human Diseases