Yeast sphingolipids do not need to contain very long chain fatty acids

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 401, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-216

  Cerantola, Vanessa ^a   Vionnet, Christine ^a   Aebischer, Olivier F ^a   Jenny, Titus ^a   Knudsen, Jens ^b   Conzelmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Ceramide synthase; Fatty acid elongation; Lass5; Longevity assurance gene 1 (LAG1); Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE SYNTHASE; CERAMIDES; FATTY ACID ELONGATION; LONGEVITY-ASSURANCE GENE 1 (LAG1); SPHINGOLIPIDS;

CELLS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; IONIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YEAST;

LIPIDS;

CERAMIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPHOSPHOLIPID ANCHORED SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOLPHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN LONGEVITY ASSURANCE 1; PROTEIN LONGEVITY ASSURANCE COGNATE 1; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TRANSPORT; ELECTROSPRAY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASS1 GENE; LASS2 GENE; LASS3 GENE; LASS4 GENE; LASS5 GENE; LASS6 GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FATTY ACIDS; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPHINGOLIPIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33846295214     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20061128     Document Type: Article

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