RasD or RasONC  Replacement of the normal glycine 12 with any other amino acid (except proline) “locks” Ras in the active GTP-bound state.

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Platelet-activating factor has a long ether-linked alkyl chain at C-1 of glycerol, but C-2 is ester-linked to acetic acid, which makes the compound much more water-soluble than most glycerophospholipids and plasmalogens.

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The peroxisome is the primary site of plasmalogen synthesis.

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Plasmalogens are ether glycerophospholipids in which the alkyl moiety is cis-a, b-unsaturated

      

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In triacylglycerols, glycerophospholipids, galactolipids, and sulfolipids, the alkyl groups are fatty acids in ester linkage. 

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Beeswax is Triacontanoylpalmitate, is an ester of palmitic acid with the alcohol triacontanol.