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Marine Drugs, 2013 Lipid A, the hydrophobic anchor of lipopolysaccharide, is an essential component in the outer membrane of most Gram-negative bacteria. Food-borne pathogen Cronobacter sakazakii synthesizes two lipid A species, differing by the length of the secondary ...
Wen Guo +5 more
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Fatty acids of Helicobacter pylori lipoproteins CagT and Lpp20
Microbiology SpectrumBacterial lipoproteins are post-translationally modified by the addition of acyl chains that anchor the protein to bacterial membranes. This modification includes two ester-linked and one amide-linked acyl chain on lipoproteins from Gram-negative ...
Mark S. McClain +3 more
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Effects of impaired steryl ester biosynthesis on tomato growth and developmental processes
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Steryl esters (SE) are stored in cytoplasmic lipid droplets and serve as a reservoir of sterols that helps to maintain free sterols (FS) homeostasis in cell membranes throughout plant growth and development, and provides the FS needed to meet the high ...
Alma Burciaga-Monge +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Stimulation of glucose uptake in response to ischemic metabolic stress is important for cardiomyocyte function and survival. Chronic exposure of cardiomyocytes to fatty acids (FA) impairs the stimulation of glucose uptake, whereas induction of lipid ...
Ettore Vanni +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases (GPATs), critical for multiple biological processes like male fertility, have been extensively characterized. However, their precise functions and underlying regulatory mechanism in cotton anther development are ...
Meng Zhang +10 more
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Communications Biology, 2023 Nervonic acid benefits the treatment of neurological diseases and the health of brain. In this study, we employed the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to overproduce nervonic acid oil by systematic metabolic engineering.
Hang Su +11 more
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Identification of Giardia lamblia DHHC proteins and the role of protein S-palmitoylation in the encystation process. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Protein S-palmitoylation, a hydrophobic post-translational modification, is performed by protein acyltransferases that have a common DHHC Cys-rich domain (DHHC proteins), and provides a regulatory switch for protein membrane association. In this work, we
María C Merino +4 more
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In Vitro Analysis of Hedgehog Acyltransferase and Porcupine Fatty Acyltransferase Activities [PDF]
, 2019 Hedgehog and Wnt proteins are modified by covalent attachment of the fatty acids palmitate and palmitoleate, respectively. These lipid modifications are essential for Hedgehog and Wnt protein signaling activities and are catalyzed by related, but distinct fatty acyltransferases: Hedgehog acyltransferase (Hedgehog) and Porcupine (Wnt).
James John, Asciolla +2 more
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Thematic Review Series: Glycerolipids. Acyltransferases in bacterial glycerophospholipid synthesis*
Journal of Lipid Research, 2008 Phospholipid biosynthesis is a vital facet of bacterial physiology that begins with the synthesis of the fatty acids by a soluble type II fatty acid synthase.
Yong-Mei Zhang, Charles O. Rock
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Frontiers in ChemistryVolatile esters are key flavor components in most plants, including Lavandula x intermedia (lavandin). The final step in ester biosynthesis is catalyzed by Lavandula x intermedia alcohol acyltransferases (LiAATases), which attach alcohols to acyl groups.
Dafeng Liu +8 more
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