Phosphocholine

Phosphocholine is transferred from phosphatidylcholine to a ceramide in order to make sphingomyelin.

Phosphocholine is also an intermediate in synthesis of phosphatidylcholine in animals (Figure 19.5)

Phosphocholine + CTP <=> CDP-choline + PPi,


See also: Phosphatidylcholine, Glycerophospholipids, Glycerophospholipid Pathway, Glycerophospholipid Metabolism in Eukaryotes


INTERNET LINKS

1. Glycerolipid Metabolism

2. Phospholipid Catabolism