Regulation of the activity and fatty acid specificity of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase by sphingomyelin and its metabolites, ceramide and ceramide phosphate

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 5029-5038

  Subbaiah, Papasani V ^a   Horvath, Peter ^a   Achar, Srinivasa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLITES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAS; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CERAMIDE PHOSPHATE; LECITHIN-CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE (LCAT) REACTION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE (PC); SPHINGOMYELIN (SM);

FATTY ACIDS;

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE PHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; HYDROLASE; LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOMYELINASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESTERIFICATION; INFLAMMATION; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CERAMIDES; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOMYELINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645955576     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0600704     Document Type: Article

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