Biomass recovery and lipid extraction processes for microalgae biofuels production: A review

ML Menegazzo, GG Fonseca - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cell genetics, culture conditions and the recovery efficiency of cells and products are the
bottlenecks for industrial bioprocesses from microalgae. Microalgae lipids can be used for …

DHCR7: A vital enzyme switch between cholesterol and vitamin D production

AV Prabhu, W Luu, D Li, LJ Sharpe, AJ Brown - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
The conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol, the final step of cholesterol synthesis
in the Kandutsch-Russell pathway, is catalyzed by the enzyme 7-dehydrocholesterol …

Post-translational control of the long and winding road to cholesterol

LJ Sharpe, HW Coates, AJ Brown - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
The synthesis of cholesterol requires more than 20 enzymes, many of which are intricately
regulated. Post-translational control of these enzymes provides a rapid means for modifying …

Cholesterol synthesis enzyme SC4MOL is fine-tuned by sterols and targeted for degradation by the E3 ligase MARCHF6

L Qian, NA Scott, IM Capell-Hattam, EA Draper… - Journal of Lipid …, 2023 - ASBMB
Cholesterol biosynthesis is a highly regulated pathway, with over 20 enzymes controlled at
the transcriptional and posttranslational levels. While some enzymes remain stable …

Hypoxia truncates and constitutively activates the key cholesterol synthesis enzyme squalene monooxygenase

HW Coates, IM Capell-Hattam, EM Olzomer, X Du… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Cholesterol synthesis is both energy-and oxygen-intensive, yet relatively little is known of
the regulatory effects of hypoxia on pathway enzymes. We previously showed that the rate …

Lipid transfer proteins rectify inter-organelle flux and accurately deliver lipids at membrane contact sites

K Hanada - Journal of lipid research, 2018 - ASBMB
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the main center for the synthesis of various lipid types in
cells, and newly synthesized lipids are delivered from the ER to other organelles. In the past …

Epoxides: Developability as active pharmaceutical ingredients and biochemical probes

B Kaur, P Singh - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Epoxide functional group is a part of several natural as well as synthetic compounds.
Irrespective of the role of epoxide group in drug efficacy and the use of epoxide compounds …

Chronic cholesterol depletion increases F-actin levels and induces cytoskeletal reorganization via a dual mechanism

P Sarkar, GA Kumar, S Shrivastava… - Journal of lipid …, 2022 - ASBMB
Previous work from us and others has suggested that cholesterol is an important lipid in the
context of the organization of the actin cytoskeleton. However, reorganization of the actin …

COVID-19 and cholesterol biosynthesis: Towards innovative decision support systems

E Kočar, S Katz, Ž Pušnik, P Bogovič, G Turel, C Skubic… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
With COVID-19 becoming endemic, there is a continuing need to find biomarkers
characterizing the disease and aiding in patient stratification. We studied the relation …

Life‐stage‐associated remodelling of lipid metabolism regulation in Atlantic salmon

G Gillard, TN Harvey, A Gjuvsland, Y Jin… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Atlantic salmon migrates from rivers to sea to feed, grow and develop gonads before
returning to spawn in freshwater. The transition to marine habitats is associated with …