Fine tuning of cell functions through remodeling of glycosphingolipids by plasma membrane-associated glycohydrolases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1914-1922

  Sonnino, Sandro ^a   Aureli, Massimo ^a   Loberto, Nicoletta ^a   Chigorno, Vanna ^a   Prinetti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ganglioside; Glycolipid; Glycosylhydrolase; Glycosyltransferase; Lactone; Lipid raft; Plasma membrane; Shedding; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1B; GANGLIOSIDE GD3; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM3; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; SIALIC ACID;

CATABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; LACTONIZATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID RAFT; LIPOLYSIS; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951922837     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.020     Document Type: Review

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