Effects of age-dependent or liposome-induced alterations in the phospholipid composition on sphingomyelin biosynthesis in rat liver microsomal and plasma membranes

Autor: Mariana N. Nikolova, Kamen Koumanov, Diana H. Petkova, Svetlana E. Kochlukova
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: International Journal of Biochemistry. 23:689-693
ISSN: 0020-711X
DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(91)90039-p
Popis: 1. The effects of age-dependent or liposome-induced alterations in the phospholipid composition of rat liver plasma and microsomal membranes on the phosphatidylethanolamine:ceramide-phosphoethanolamine (PE:Cer-PEt) and phosphatidylcholine:ceramide-phosphocholine (PC:Cer-PCh) transferase activities were studied. 2. In all cases under study the PE:Cer-PEt transferase activity was found to be several times higher than that of PC:Cer-PCh transferase in both plasma and microsomal rat liver membranes. 3. The presence of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) in plasma membranes was observed to enhance the PE:Cer-PEt transferase activity, while phosphatidylserine (PS) inhibited it.
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