Definition of sphingolipid in English:
sphingolipid
nounˌsfɪŋɡə(ʊ)ˈlɪpɪdˌsfiNGɡōˈlipid
Biochemistry Any of a class of compounds which are fatty acid derivatives of sphingosine and occur chiefly in the cell membranes of the brain and nervous tissue.
Example sentencesExamples
- We have modeled sphingomyelin, the most common sphingolipid in mammalian cells, by means of molecular dynamics simulations.
- Sphingomyelins are the only sphingolipid that are phospholipids.
- The most important sphingolipids are sphingomyelins.
- In biological membranes, sphingolipids are essentially localized on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane.
- Previous studies of this phenomenon have focused mainly on systems combining cholesterol with PC and sphingolipids.