Cardiolipin muscle

Cardiolipins are a group of lipids found in heart muscles. What products would be formed if all ester bonds, including phosphates, were saponified by treatment with aqueous NaOH ... 

Cardiolipin is a glycerophospholipid made by combining two molecules of phosphatidylglycerol and splitting out one of the glycerol molecules (Figure 19.4). Cardiolipin is present in heart muscle membranes and in the membranes of spirochetes, such as the organism that causes syphilis. 

Cardiolipins are found in heart muscles. Give the products formed when a cardiolipin undergoes complete acid-catalyzed hydrolysis. 

Fig. 9. Changes in protein (O) and cardiolipin ( ) content of flight muscle mitochondria of Lucilia cuprina, before and after the imaginal molt. Drawn from data of Birt (1971).

Cardiolipin, a phospholipid originally isolated from heart muscle, has a similar structure. Inositol is replaced by glycerol which is esterified with phosphatidic acids in its a- and y-positions. 

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