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Journal Club - 17 Aug 2009

Use of Phosphatide Precursors to Promote Synaptogenesis (2009)

Richard J.Wurtman, Mehmet Cansev, Toshimasa Sakamoto, and Ismail H. Ulus
Annual Review of Nutrition, 29, 59-87

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Additional Material

It is conventional practice in reading and drawing chemical structures, to assume that Carbon is located at the end of any line or any kink where the element is not explicitly noted. Furthermore, Carbon always seeks to form 4 chemical bonds. When you don't see 4 lines coming from any given Carbon, assume those bonds are filled by Hydrogen atoms.

Here is an example. These two molecules are both choline.

Here is some more helpful info

Choline to Phosphatidylcholine Pathway

Choline

Methyl Groups are just CH₃ attached to any other molecule

Membrane Lipids

Phosphatidylcholine (in this case, shown with Palmitate and Oleate Side Chains)