Evidence for the presence of the Kennedy and Bremer- Greenberg pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Günter Lochnit; Rudolf Geyer

doi:10.18388/abp.2003_3647

Evidence for the presence of the Kennedy and Bremer- Greenberg pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Günter Lochnit Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.;
Rudolf Geyer

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2003_3647

Abstract

Nematodes were found to synthesize phosphorylcholine-containing molecules not present in higher organisms, i.e. phosphorylcholine-substituted glycosphingolipids and (glyco)proteins. Investigations on the biosynthesis of these structures provided first biochemical evidence for the presence of the Kennedy and Bremer-Greenberg pathways in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.

Published

2003-12-31

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 4 (2003)

Section

Articles

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