Lipid terminology

Question 1

Glycolipid

Answer 1

any lipid containing a carbohydrate moiety

Question 2

Glycerolipid

Answer 2

any lipid based on a glycerol backbone

Question 3

Sphingolipid

Answer 3

any lipid based on sphingosine

Question 4

Phospholipid

Answer 4

any lipid containing a phosphate moiety

Question 5

neutral lipid

Answer 5

any lipid without a charged group (triacylglycerol, cholesterol)

Question 6

Glycosphingolipid

Answer 6

a ceramide linked to one or more sugars

Question 7

cerebroside

Answer 7

ceramide plus one sugar (glycosphingolipid)

Question 8

gangliosides

Answer 8

a glycosphingolipid containing at least one sialic acid

If more than one sugar but no sialic acid, then it is called an asialo-ganglioside

Question 9

Sulfatide

Answer 9

Also called sulfoglycosphingolipid

has cerbrosides containing sulfate group as part of the sugar