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. 2020 Aug 31;8:765. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00765

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

Oxygen-dependent pathway of plasmalogens biosynthesis in animals. The enzymes involved in the indicated steps: FAS, fatty acid synthase; ACS, acyl-CoA synthase; FAR1/2, fatty acyl-CoA reductase 1 or 2; DHAP-AT, DHAP acyltransferase; ADHAP-S, alkyl-DHAP synthase; AADHAP-R, NADPH:alkyl-DHAP oxidoreductase; AAG3P-AT, acyl-CoA:1-alkyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphate acyltransferase; PH, 1-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate phosphohydrolase; E-PT, CDP-ethanolamine:1-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycerol ethanolamine phosphotransferase; TMEM189 homologs, plasmanylethanolamine desaturases.