Mammalian glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases: New genes for an old activity

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2079-2088

  Gimeno, Ruth E ^a   Cao, Jingsong ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipogenesis; Phospholipid synthesis; Triglyceride synthesis

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 3; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE 4; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; ISOENZYME; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; REAGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMAL; MICROSOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MICROSOMES;

EID: 66849089864     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.R800013-JLR200     Document Type: Review

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