Sphingolipids and glycolipids including previously unknown (2S,3S,4R)-1,3,4-trihydroxy-2-(2-(R)-hydroxyoctadecanoylamino)octadec-8E-ene, (2S,3R)-1,3-dihydroxy-2-octadecanoylamino-4E,8E-hexadecadiene, and (2-hydroxy-3-hexadecyloxypropyl)-alpha-L-fucopyranoside were isolated from soft corals collected on the shelf near the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean). The structures of all compounds were established by spectroscopic methods and chemical analyses. The lipids possessed antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus oryzae, and Candida albicans.
Substrate specificity, kinetic properties and inhibition by fumonisin B1 of ceramide synthase isoforms from Arabidopsis
作者:Kyle D. Luttgeharm、Edgar B. Cahoon、Jonathan E. Markham
DOI:10.1042/bj20150824
日期:2016.3.1
Ceramides are organizing components of sphingolipids in the eukaryotic cell. Three ceramide synthase isoforms are found in Arabidopsis thaliana each with specific substrate preferences and sensitivity to inhibitors and activators.