Changes in membrane biophysical properties induced by sphingomyelinase depend on the sphingolipid N -acyl chain

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-61

  Pinto, Sandra N ^a   Laviad, Elad L ^b   Stiban, Johnny ^b,e   Kelly, Samuel L ^c   Merrill Jr , Alfred H ^c   Prieto, Manuel ^a   Futerman, Anthony H ^b   Silva, Liana C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^e BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Acyl chain structure; Ceramide; Ceramide synthases; Lipid domains; Membrane remodeling; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; LIPID; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANISOTROPY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYL CHAIN STRUCTURE; CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE SYNTHASES; LIPID DOMAINS; MEMBRANE REMODELING; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

CELL MEMBRANE; CERAMIDES; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOSINE N-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84891350435     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M042002     Document Type: Article

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