FIGURE 7-12 Specificity of phospholipases. Each type of phospholipase cleaves one of the susceptible bonds shown in red. The glycerol carbon atoms are indicated by small numbers. In intact cells, only phospholipids in the exoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane are cleaved by phospholipases in the surrounding medium. Phospholipase C, a cytosolic enzyme, cleaves certain phospholipids in the cytosolic leaflet of the plasma membrane.