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Jaron A M Mercer1, Carolyn M Cohen1, Steven R Shuken1, Anna M Wagner1, Myles W Smith1, Frank R Moss1, Matthew D Smith1, Riku Vahala2, Alejandro Gonzalez-Martinez2, Steven G Boxer1, Noah Z Burns1.
Abstract
Ladderane lipids produced by anammox bacteria constitute some of the most structurally fascinating yet poorly studied molecules among biological membrane lipids. Slow growth of the producing organism and the inherent difficulty of purifying complex lipid mixtures have prohibited isolation of useful amounts of natural ladderane lipids. We have devised a highly selective total synthesis of ladderane lipid tails and a full phosphatidylcholine to enable biophysical studies on chemically homogeneous samples of these molecules. Additionally, we report the first proof of absolute configuration of a natural ladderane.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27960308 PMCID: PMC5279923 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10706
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419