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Diagrammatic representation of the structure of membrane phospholipids. Membrane phospholipids are categorized into classes, based on the polar headgroup (1); subclasses, based on the nature of the covalent linkage to the sn-1 position (2); and molecular species, based on individual aliphatic constituents attached to the sn-1 and sn-2 positions (3).
