lipids

Question 1

Sphingolipids

Answer 1

all contain a long-chain nitrogen-containing alcohol named sphingosine

Question 2

Ceramides

Answer 2

Ceramides have a fatty acyl group linked to the primary amino group of sphingosine and can be regarded as the basic building block of more complex sphingolipids.

Question 3

sphingomyelin

Answer 3

ceramide is esterified to a phosphocholine or phosphoethanolamine head group

Question 4

cerebrosides

Answer 4

ceramide forms a glycosidic bond with either glucose or galactose;

Question 5

gangliosides

Answer 5

oligosaccharides containing one or more N-acetylneuraminic acid groups form the ceramide head group.

Question 6

Cerebrosides and gangliosides are

Answer 6

glycosphingolipids.

Question 7

sphingomyelin

Answer 7

phosphocholine bound to ceramide