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. 2009 Apr;50(Suppl):S311–S316. doi: 10.1194/jlr.R800049-JLR200

TABLE 1.

Enzyme and lipid abbreviations

Enzymes (Symbol and Name) Lipids (Symbol and Name)
AGPAT, 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase AcylGnP, 1-acyl-glyceronephosphate
AGNPR, acyl/alkylglycerone-phosphate reductase AlkylGnP, 1-alkyl-glyceronephosphate
AGNPS, alkylglycerone-phosphate synthase AlkylGP, 1-alkyl-glycerophosphate
CDS, phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase CDP-DG, CDP-diacylglycerol
CEPT, diacylglycerol choline/ethanolaminephosphotransferase Cer, N-acylsphingosine (ceramide)
CERT, ceramide transfer protein CerPCho, ceramide phosphocholine (sphingomyelin)
CGT, N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase CL, diacylglycerophosphoglycerophosphodiradylglycerol
CPT, diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase DG, diacylglycerol
CLS, cardiolipin synthase dhCer, dihydroceramide
CRD, ceramidase GalCer, galactosylceramide
DGAT, ciacylglycerol O-acyltransferase GlcCer, glucosylceramide
DHCD, dihydroceramide δ(4)-desaturase DGP, diacylglycerophosphate
EPT, ethanolaminephosphostransferase DGPCho, diacylglycerophosphocholine
GCS, ceramide glucosyltransferase DGPEtn, diacylglycerophosphoethanolamine
GNPAT, glycerone-phosphate O-acyltransferase DGPGro, diacylglycerophosphoglycerol
GPAT, glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase DGPGroP, diacylglycerophosphoglycerophosphate
KDSR, 3-ketosphinganine reductase DGPIns, diacylglycerophosphoinositol
LCS, polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase GPSer, diacylglycerophosphoserine
PAP, phosphatidic acid phosphatase kSphn, 3-ketosphinganine
PED, plasmanylethanolamine desaturase LacCer, lactosylceramide
PEMT, phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase MGP, monoacylglycerophosphate
PGP, phosphatidylglycerophosphatase PlmaH, 1-alkyl,2-acylglycerol
PGS, CDP-diacylglycerol-glycerol-3-phosphate 3-phosphatidyltransferase PlmaP, 1-alkyl,2-acyl-glycerophosphate
PIS, CDP-diacylglycerol-inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase PlmaPEtn, 1-alkyl,2-acylglycerophosphosphoethanolamine (plasmanylethanolamine)
PSD, phostatidylserine decarboxylase PlmePCho, 1Z-Alkenyl-2-acyl-glycerophosphocholine (plasmenylcholine)
PSS1, phosphatidylserine synthase 1 PlmePEtn, 1Z-Alkenyl,2-acylglycerophosphosphoethanolamine (plasmenylethanolamine)
PSS2, phosphatidylserine synthase 2 Sph, sphingosine
SGMS, ceramide cholinephosphotransferase Sphn, sphinganine
SNAT, sphingosine N-acyltransferase SphnP, sphinganine-1-phosphate
SPK, sphinganine kinase SphP, sphingosine-1-phosphate
SPP, sphingosine-1-phosphate phosphatase TG, triacylglycerol
SPT, serine C-palmitoyltransferase