Sphingomyelins are lipids with the following general structure: Sphingomyelins OH N H O

Chapter 26, Problem 26.50

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Sphingomyelins are lipids with the following general structure: Sphingomyelins OH N H O R Fatty acid residue O P O O O N ! @ (a) Identify the polar head and all hydrophobic tails in sphingomyelins. (b) Do sphingomyelins have the appropriate structural features and three-dimensional geometry necessary to be major constituents of lipid bilayers?

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