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. 2020 Apr 16;16(4):e1007818. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007818

Fig 1. Structural comparison of DOPG and DOPC lipid headgroups.

Fig 1

DOPG (A) headgroup is composed of a neutral glycerol group (red box) bound to the phosphate group (yellow box). DOPC (B) headgroup is composed of a positively-charged choline group bound (blue box) to the phosphate group (yellow box). DOPC and DOPG contain identical 18:1 fatty-acid chains (R).