Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and function in bacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Volumn 1831, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-513

  Geiger, Otto ^a   López Lara, Isabel M ^a   Sohlenkamp, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacterial phosphatidylcholine; Membrane lipid biosynthesis; Phosphatidylcholine synthase; Phospholipid N methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; FLAGELLIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SYNTHETASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM; PHOSPHOLIPID METHYLATION; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLINE; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIGLYCERIDES; CYTIDINE MONOPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; METHYLATION; PHOSPHATIDYL-N-METHYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84873160884     PISSN: 13881981     EISSN: 18792618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.08.009     Document Type: Review

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