Evidence for the presence of the Kennedy and Bremer- Greenberg pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans.

• Authors: Günter Lochnit , Rudolf Geyer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Nematodes were found to synthesize phosphorylcholine-containing molecules not present in higher organisms, i.e. phosphorylcholine-substituted glycosphingolipids and (glyco)proteins. Investigations on the biosynthesis of these structures provided first biochemical evidence for the presence of the Kennedy and Bremer-Greenberg pathways in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.

Keywords

EN

nematodes; choline metabolism; phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1239-1243

Dates

published

2003

received

2003-07-22

accepted

2003-08-20

Contributors

author

Günter Lochnit

• Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany

author

Rudolf Geyer

• Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany

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