1,2-DIHEXADECYL-SN-GLYCERO-3-PHOSPHOCHOLINE DIHYDRATE

Uses

16:0 Diether PC or 1,2-di-O-hexadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine might be used:

• to study the miscibility and phase behavior of the cationic 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-ethylphosphocholine (EDPPC)
• in unilamellar vesicles to study glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP)-mediated transfer of anthrylvinyl-galactosylceramide (AV-GalCer) from different ether phospholipid matrices
• as a non-ladderane phosphocholine (PC) lipid reference sample in reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC) method to separate PC lipids
• to prepare large phospholipid bicelles in order to determine the three-dimensional backbone structure of the transmembrane domain of Vpu from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

Biological Activity

Ether linked phospholipids serve as precursors for important signaling molecules. Ether glycerolipids act as membrane molecules and cellular mediators. 16:0 Diether PC (phosphocholine) interdigitates even in the absence of chemical inducers or pressure.