Fig. 2. Major mammalian lipid categories and their inter-relationships.

This scheme shows the major lipid categories as classified by the LIPID MAPS consortium including fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids and prenol lipids. This scheme also highlights the central importance of fatty acyls (i.e. fatty acids and fatty acyl CoAs) in the biosynthesis of other lipids (Adapted from Dennis et al., 2010, and Quehenberger et al., 2010).^24,84