The molecule is an N-glycosylated dialkylglycerophosphoethanolamine in which the alkyl groups are hexadecyl, the glycerol core has sn stereochemistry and the phosphoethanolamine unit is at position 3 and substituted on nitrogen with the branched heptasaccharide beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->2)-alpha-D-Man-(1->3)-[alpha-D-Man-(1->6)]-beta-D-Man-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->4)-D-GlcNAc. It derives from a 1,2-dihexadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine.
2-[[(3R,4R,5S,6R)-3-acetamido-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3-acetamido-5-[(2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-4-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3-acetamido-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]amino]ethyl [(2R)-2,3-dihexadecoxypropyl] hydrogen phosphate