Phosphatidylcholine
Phosphatidylcholine
One of the major phospholipids found in the plasma membrane of mammals[1]. Like most phospholipids in the mammalian cell membrane it is made up of two fatty acid chains (tails) linked with an ester bond to a glycerol backbone (it is a phosphoglyceride) which is linked to a choline molecule, as the name suggests, via a phosphate. See also lipid bilayer.
References
- ↑ Alberts et al.(2008)Molecular Biology of the Cell,5th Edition: p619, figure 10-3