| Literature DB >> 1659383 |
U Weinhart1, J R Thomas, Y B Pak, G A Thompson, M A Ferguson.
Abstract
A glycolipid metabolically labelled with [14C]GlcN was isolated from the free-living protozoan Tetrahymena mimbres. The glycolipid was sensitive to a bacterial phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, and the headgroup was shown to contain a phosphorylated Man alpha 1-2Man alpha 1-4Man alpha 1-4GlcN glycan. The Tetrahymena glycolipid is structurally unique among the glycosylphosphatidylinositols that have so far been characterized, including those from several protozoan parasites of humans.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1659383 PMCID: PMC1151647 DOI: 10.1042/bj2790605
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857