[Various functions of human erythrocyte membrane lipids]

Autor: R, Bucki, J C, Sulpice, F, Giraud, J, Górski
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Postepy higieny i medycyny doswiadczalnej. 51(6)
ISSN: 0032-5449
Popis: The major phospholipid classes of the human red blood cell membrane are: phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine and sphingomyelin. These phospholipids are distributed asymmetrically across the two halves of the lipid bilayer. This asymmetry appears to be generated and maintained by an ATP-dependent translocation of aminophospholipids from outer to inner leaflet, and by the interaction of phospholipids with skeletal proteins. The phosphoinositides account for 3-4% of total erythrocyte membrane phospholipid. They play an important role in signal transduction and are involved in other various membrane functions.
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