phosphorylceramide

noun

Synonym of sphingomyelin.

Scrabble 36

Meanings

nounphosphorylceramide (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylceramides)

plural phosphorylceramides

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistrySynonym of sphingomyelin.
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    However, mutants csg2 Δ (Csg2 is required for mannosylation of inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC)), sur1 Δ (Sur1 encodes the Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC) synthase catalytic subunit) and cka2 Δ (Cka2 is involved in phosphorylation of ceramide synthase), although also involved in the synthesis of complex sphingolipids, did show levels of GS activity similar to that of the wild-type strain (Fig. 6 ).

    2015 September 5, Raúl García et al., “Genomic profiling of fungal cell wall-interfering compounds: identification of a common gene signature”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI

    Synonyms: sphingomyelin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of sphingomyelin.

Origin

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