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. 1975 Nov;151(2):451–453. doi: 10.1042/bj1510451

Evidence that phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine are synthesized by a single enzyme present in the endoplasmic reticulum of castor-bean endosperm.

J M Lord
PMCID: PMC1172379  PMID: 175781

Abstract

Increasing concentrations of CDP-choline progressively inhibit the measured incorporation of CDP-[2-14C]ethanolamine into phosphatidylethanolamine catalysed by the ethanolaminephosphotransferase present in endoplasmic-reticulum membranes isolated from castor-bean endosperm cells. This inhibition parallels that observed during CDP-[Me-14C]choline incorporation and suggests that a single enzyme utilizes both these substrates.

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