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. 2003 Sep;12(9):2109–2117. doi: 10.1110/ps.0396803

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Designation of phospholipid torsion angles for the headgroup (αi), glycerol backbone (θi), sn-1 chain (γi), and sn-2 chain (βi). For the glycerol backbone: θ1 ≡ C(1)-C(2)-C(3)-O(31), θ2 ≡ O(21)-C(2)-C(3)-O(31), and θ3 ≡ O(11)-C(1)-C(2)-C(3), θ4 ≡ O(11)-C(1)-C(2)-O(21).