Identification of a novel GPCAT activity and a new pathway for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in S. cerevisiae

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1794-1806

  Stålberg, Kjell ^a   Neal, Andrea C ^a   Ronne, Hans ^b   Ståhl, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Glycerophosphocholine acyltransferase; Glycerophosphoethanolamine; Lysophosphatidylcholine; Membrane; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Phospholipid; Recycling; Remodeling; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PHENANTHROLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; 1 ACYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ACYLTRANSFERASE, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMOSTABILITY; YEAST CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

1-ACYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 51449107757     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M800129-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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