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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Dog brain homogenates and subcellular preparations incubated in the presence of Ca2+ produced a new phospholipid that was isolated and identified by its infrared spectrum and by chemical degradation as a mixture of 1,2-diacyl, alkenylacyl, and alkylacyl sn-glycero-3-phospho(N-acyl)ethanolamines, 50, 45, and 5%, respectively. The N-acyl groups consisted almost exclusively of 16:0, 18:0, and 18:1 fatty acids. Formation of N-acylethanolamine phospholipids from endogenous substrates was linear for about 90 min at approximately 4.5 nmol/h/mg protein and exhibited a pH optimum of 10. Biosynthetic activity was associated with particulate fractions, primarily microsomes, synaptosomes, and mitochondria, but not with myelin. In each case, small amounts (approximately 0.5 nmol/h/mg protein) of long-chain N-acylethanolamines were also produced. Incubation of dog brain microsomes with 1,2-di[1'-14C]palmitoyl glycerophosphocholine yielded N-acylethanolamine phospholipids labeled at both N-acyl (55%) and O-acyl (45%) moieties. It appears that dog brain organelles may contain a phosphatidylethanolamine N-acyl transferase (transacylase) analogous to that recently demonstrated in the myocardial tissue.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1303-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Biosynthesis of N-acylethanolamine phospholipids by dog brain preparations.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't