The stereoconfiguration of newly formed molecules of bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate in BHK cells.

Newly formed molecules of bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (known also as lysobisphosphatidic acid), which were labeled with 32Pi in cultured BHK cells during relatively short pulses, were subjected to stereoanalysis. In contrast to the high proportion of sn-1-glycerophosphate residues in the bulk of the bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate molecules, the newly formed molecules were rich in sn-3-glycerophosphate residues.