. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 29.

Published in final edited form as: J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2014 Feb 25;19(1):35–42. doi: 10.1007/s10911-014-9318-8

Table 1.

Phospholipid distribution in cellular membrane compartments

	PC	PE	PI	PS	SM/SL	Other
Plasma membrane^a	42 %	22 %	4 %	7 %	24 %	1 %
Endoplasmic reticulum^a	55 %	25 %	10 %	5 %	NR	5 %
Golgi^a	50 %	18 %	7 %	5 %	13 %	7 %
Endosomes^a	50 %	22 %	2 %	1 %	10 %	15 %
Cytoplasmic lipid droplets^b	47 %	20 %	8 %	1 %	2 %	22 %
Milk fat globules^c	8–45 %	26–72 %	1.4–14 %	2–16 %	4–29 %	NR

Values illustrate relative percentages derived from literature sources for individual PL species in each compartment

Derived from Van Meer et al. [16]

From Bartz et al. [92]

From Contarini and Povolo [93]