ENTRANCE OF GLYCEROL INTO PLASMALOGENS OF SOME STRICTLY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA
ENTRANCE OF GLYCEROL INTO PLASMALOGENS OF SOME STRICTLY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA AND PROTOZOA
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(76)80204-9
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
VANGOLDE, LMG
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作者:
PRINS, RA;VANGOLDE, LMG
The pathways involved in the biosynthesis of ether lipids in mammalian tissues have been largely elucidated [l-3]. Of paramount importance for our current understanding of these pathways was the observation by Wykle and Snyder [4] and by Hajra [5] that dihydroxyacetone phosphate, or rather acyldihydroxyacetone phosphate, is the obligate precursor of the glycerol portion of alkyl-and alk-1-enyl lipids. 1-Alk-1 ‘-enyl-2-acyl phosphoglycerides (plasmalogens) occur in abundant amounts in many strictly anaerobic bacteria [6-81 and protozoa [9]. Our knowledge of the mechanisms operating in the formation of plasmalogens in these strictly anaerobic micro-organisms is, however, still very scarce [6].Hill and Lands [lo] followed the incorporation of [2-3H]-and [3-‘4C] glycero1 into the total 1, 2-diacyland 1-alk-l’-enyl-2-acyl phosphoglyceride fractions of Clostridium butyricum. The 3H at position 2 of the glycerol was not labilized upon incorporation of glycerol into plasmalogens. Actually, the 3H/14C ratio of the plasmalogens was found to be higher than that of the glycerol supplied to the medium. From this observation Hill and Lands concluded that in C: butyricum glycerol does not enter into plasmalogens via dihydroxyacetone phosphate as had been observed for mammalian tissues [4, 5]. However, the approach of Hill and Lands [lo] was criticized by Manning and Brindley [1 l]. These authors provided evidence that, at least for the liver, a true estimate of the relative importance of the incorporation of glycerol via dihydroxyacetone phosphate can only be