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    Phosphatidylcholines (PC) are a class of phospholipids that incorporate choline as a headgroup. They are a major component of biological membranes and...
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    cytidine 5'-diphosphocholine is an intermediate in the generation of phosphatidylcholine from choline, a common biochemical process in cell membranes. Citicoline...
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    phosphatidylcholine lécithine. Gobley originally isolated lecithin from egg yolk and established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine...
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    identified in 1847 as such in biological tissues was lecithin, or phosphatidylcholine, in the egg yolk of chickens by the French chemist and pharmacist...
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    choline by itself or in the form of choline phospholipids, such as phosphatidylcholine. Choline is not formally classified as a vitamin despite being an...
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    Phosphatidylcholine transfer protein (PCTP), also known as StAR-related lipid transfer domain protein 2 (STARD2), is a specific intracellular phospholipid...
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  • In enzymology, a phosphatidylcholine desaturase (EC 1.14.19.22, previously EC 1.3.1.35) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction...
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    lecithin) consisting of two C16 palmitic acid groups attached to a phosphatidylcholine head-group. It is the main constituent of pulmonary surfactants,...
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    subsequently methylate the amine of phosphatidylethanolamines to yield phosphatidylcholines. Phosphatidylethanolamines are found in all living cells, composing...
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    to phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine, although in animals the pathway to generate phosphatidylcholine from phosphatidylserine only operates...
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    is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction a ceramide + a phosphatidylcholine ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } a sphingomyelin + a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol...
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    in fish oil, and phospholipid-derived fatty acids (PLFA), mainly phosphatidylcholine (alternatively referred to as marine lecithin). Fishing for krill...
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  • In enzymology, a phosphatidylcholine synthase (EC 2.7.8.24) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction CDP-diacylglycerol + choline ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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  • phosphatidylcholine phosphatidohydrolase) is an enzyme of the phospholipase superfamily that catalyses the following reaction a phosphatidylcholine +...
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    name: phosphatidylcholine 1-acylhydrolase) encoded by the PLA1A gene is a phospholipase enzyme which removes the 1-acyl group: phosphatidylcholine + H2O...
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    Greek—and established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine in 1874. Phosphatidylcholine a major component of egg lecithin, occurs in all cellular...
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  • enzymology, a phosphatidylcholine---retinol O-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.135) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction phosphatidylcholine +...
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  • enzymology, a phosphatidylcholine---dolichol O-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.83) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 3-sn-phosphatidylcholine + dolichol...
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  • systematic name phosphatidylcholine cholinephosphohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction a phosphatidylcholine + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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    lysolecithins, are a class of chemical compounds which are derived from phosphatidylcholines. Lysophosphatidylcholines are produced within cells mainly by the...
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    alpha-GPC is produced by the chemical or enzymatic deacylation of phosphatidylcholine enriched soya phospholipids followed by chromatographic purification...
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  • enzymology, a phosphatidylcholine---sterol O-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.43) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction phosphatidylcholine + a sterol...
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    enzymatic function is to catalyze the preferential hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholines at the sn-2 position, generating free fatty acids. AdPLA contains...
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    Dimethylethanolamine Glycerophosphocholine Meclofenoxate (centrophenoxine) Phosphatidylcholine Phosphatidylethanolamine Phosphorylcholine Pirisudanol See also Receptor/signaling...
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  • Distearoylphosphatidylcholine (category Phosphatidylcholines)
    is a phosphatidylcholine, a kind of phospholipid. It is a natural constituent of cell membranes, eg. soybean phosphatidylcholines are mostly different...
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  • Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. "One drug they often use, phosphatidylcholine, is unpredictable and causes extreme inflammation and swelling where...
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    The major membrane lipids PtdCho - Phosphatidylcholine; PtdEtn - Phosphatidylethanolamine; PtdIns - Phosphatidylinositol; PtdSer - Phosphatidylserine...
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    capable of interacting with eukaryotic cell membranes and hydrolyzing phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin, leading to cell lysis. Zinc-metallophospholipases...
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    Dimethylethanolamine Glycerophosphocholine Meclofenoxate (centrophenoxine) Phosphatidylcholine Phosphatidylethanolamine Phosphorylcholine Pirisudanol See also Receptor/signaling...
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    Liposomes are most often composed of phospholipids, especially phosphatidylcholine, and cholesterol, but may also include other lipids, such as those...
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