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. 1973 Jun;134(2):659–662. doi: 10.1042/bj1340659

Formation of ceramide phosphorylethanolamine from phosphatidylethanolamine in the rumen protozoon Entodinium caudatum (Short Communication)

Tom E Broad 1, Rex M C Dawson 1
PMCID: PMC1177856  PMID: 16742830

Abstract

From `pulse'-labelling experiments of Entodinium caudatum with [14C]ethanolamine and by incubating the organism with [32P]phosphatidylethanolamine it is concluded that phosphatidylethanolamine can act as a direct precursor of the phosphorylethanolamine moiety of ceramide phosphorylethanolamine. The phosphorylethanolamine is probably never liberated in the free form but is transferred directly to a ceramide or ceramide-containing acceptor. The results are also in agreement with previous conclusions that phosphatidylethanolamine is the direct lipid precursor of N-(1-carboxyethyl)phosphatidylethanolamine.

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