Formation and function of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine in mammalian cells

JE Vance, G Tasseva - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) are metabolically related
membrane aminophospholipids. In mammalian cells, PS is required for targeting and …

The Kennedy pathway—De novo synthesis of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine

F Gibellini, TK Smith - IUBMB life, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The glycerophospholipids phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)
account for greater than 50% of the total phospholipid species in eukaryotic membranes and …

Phosphatidylethanolamine deficiency in Mammalian mitochondria impairs oxidative phosphorylation and alters mitochondrial morphology

G Tasseva, HD Bai, M Davidescu, A Haromy… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, and metabolic
disorders, but the role of phospholipids, particularly the nonbilayer-forming lipid …

The cell cycle of Leishmania: morphogenetic events and their implications for parasite biology

RJ Wheeler, E Gluenz, K Gull - Molecular microbiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The cell cycle is central to understanding fundamental biology of Leishmania, a group of
human‐infective protozoan parasites. Leishmania have two main life cycle morphologies …

MICOS and phospholipid transfer by Ups2–Mdm35 organize membrane lipid synthesis in mitochondria

MJ Aaltonen, JR Friedman, C Osman, B Salin… - Journal of Cell …, 2016 - rupress.org
Mitochondria exert critical functions in cellular lipid metabolism and promote the synthesis of
major constituents of cellular membranes, such as phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and …

MICOS and the mitochondrial inner membrane morphology–when things get out of shape

I Mukherjee, M Ghosh, M Meinecke - FEBS letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria play a key role in cellular signalling, metabolism and energetics. Proper
architecture and remodelling of the inner mitochondrial membrane are essential for efficient …

Lipid synthesis in protozoan parasites: a comparison between kinetoplastids and apicomplexans

S Ramakrishnan, M Serricchio, B Striepen… - Progress in Lipid …, 2013 - Elsevier
Lipid metabolism is of crucial importance for pathogens. Lipids serve as cellular building
blocks, signalling molecules, energy stores, posttranslational modifiers, and pathogenesis …

Phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism in Leishmania

K Zhang, SM Beverley - Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 2010 - Elsevier
In many eukaryotes, phospholipids (PLs) and sphingolipids (SLs) are abundant membrane
components and reservoirs for important signaling molecules. In Leishmania, the …

A mutation of EPT1 (SELENOI) underlies a new disorder of Kennedy pathway phospholipid biosynthesis

MY Ahmed, A Al-Khayat, F Al-Murshedi, A Al-Futaisi… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in genes involved in lipid metabolism have increasingly been associated with
various subtypes of hereditary spastic paraplegia, a highly heterogeneous group of …

[HTML][HTML] Historical perspective: phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine from the 1800s to the present

JE Vance - Journal of lipid research, 2018 - Elsevier
This article provides a historical account of the discovery, chemistry, and biochemistry of two
ubiquitous phosphoglycerolipids, phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylethanolamine …