Myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) and MARCKS-related protein (MRP)
are essential proteins that are implicated in coordination of membrane-cytoskeletal …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the chain elongation of long-chain fatty acids,
formation of monounsaturated fatty acids by oxidative desaturation, formation of …

Approximately 40% of the caloric energy consumed in the average diet of the Western world
is fat. As triacylglycerols from a range of plant and animal sources make up most of the …

Studies of ferriheme cyclooxygenase, using two different assay systems, show that a variety
of peroxides can trigger a rapid acceleration of cyclooxygenase activity to produce …

This review evaluates scientific data associated with the possibility that trans fatty acids
compromise fetal and infant early development. Concerns have been triggered by research that …

Phosphoinositide and inositol metabolism was compared in glioma (C6), neuroblastoma (N1E-115)
and neuroblastoma × glioma hybrid (NG 108-15) cells. All cell lines had similar …

Oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) is a high-affinity receptor for a variety of oxysterols, such
as 25-hydroxycholesterol, that down-regulate cholesterol synthesis and stimulate cholesterol …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the progress in understanding the desaturation
and chain elongation of fatty acyl chains and the influence of altered fatty acyl composition on …

Fetal bovine serum contains a Zn 2+ -dependent sphingomyelinase with optimal activity at
pH 5.5 in vitro. Activity could be demonstrated with a liposomal sphingomyelin substrate …

Mammalian cell membranes are composed of a complex repertoire of phospholipids and
sphingolipids that vary in headgroup and fatty acyl composition. The complexity of …